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Application of Attachment Theory Discussion Group
Join Dr Kate Brown for an engaging discussion on Musical Soundscapes – Attachment informed perspectives on the implications and applications of music in the therapeutic encounter.
Sound creates our first awareness of another, informing us, even en
utero that we are not alone. In our final moments softly spoken loving
words might be the thing that we most long to hear. Throughout the
life-span, music and sound informs how we learn, work, rest, and play.
Music has implications for how we interact in groups, how we tell
stories and construct narratives, and how we regulate or manipulate
affect. Music can also be inherently political, voicing the sound of
grief, protest and mourning. Yet our responses to music and musical
interests might too infrequently claim our attention in the therapeutic
encounter. Drawing from examples of music in therapeutic communities,
use of music with children in care, and adults in therapeutic-treatment,
and lived experience of being a life-long music fan and occasional
performer, musics place in therapy is explored. The therapists use of
self as someone with a musical interest and cultural history is also
considered. Musicality’s power to enhance therapy and communicate what
might be preverbal or unconscious, and possible contra-indications about
use of music is explained. This talk concludes with highlighting that
although as therapists we might always be listening, when we pay
attention to the musicality of the interaction, there is more to be
heard.
Application of Attachment Theory Discussion Group
Join Dr Kate Brown for an engaging discussion on Musical Soundscapes – Attachment informed perspectives on the implications and applications of music in the therapeutic encounter.
Sound creates our first awareness of another, informing us, even en
utero that we are not alone. In our final moments softly spoken loving
words might be the thing that we most long to hear. Throughout the
life-span, music and sound informs how we learn, work, rest, and play.
Music has implications for how we interact in groups, how we tell
stories and construct narratives, and how we regulate or manipulate
affect. Music can also be inherently political, voicing the sound of
grief, protest and mourning. Yet our responses to music and musical
interests might too infrequently claim our attention in the therapeutic
encounter. Drawing from examples of music in therapeutic communities,
use of music with children in care, and adults in therapeutic-treatment,
and lived experience of being a life-long music fan and occasional
performer, musics place in therapy is explored. The therapists use of
self as someone with a musical interest and cultural history is also
considered. Musicality’s power to enhance therapy and communicate what
might be preverbal or unconscious, and possible contra-indications about
use of music is explained. This talk concludes with highlighting that
although as therapists we might always be listening, when we pay
attention to the musicality of the interaction, there is more to be
heard.