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Proceedings, Oxford, UK (2002) - World Federation of Music Therapy

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“On a journey to Mind and Emotions”- The Physioacoustic<br />

Method and <strong>Music</strong> <strong>Therapy</strong> in Drugrehabilitation<br />

Punkanen, Marko<br />

Abstract<br />

This paper is about using the physioacoustic method and music therapy<br />

in drug rehabilitation. Four young drug addicts took part in the research<br />

project. Through the treatment method used in this research the<br />

participants got in touch with their emotions that had been denied for a<br />

long time. From the first treatment on memories started to activate in the<br />

participants minds. It was a new experience for them to get acquainted<br />

with their own self and to let their thoughts out. This brought up new<br />

insights for the participants.<br />

Introduction<br />

In this Congress Paper I will use my Master´s thesis that I have done in<br />

the University <strong>of</strong> Jyväskylä. In my work I experiment the functioning <strong>of</strong><br />

a rehabilitation method for drug addiction based on a physioacoustic<br />

method and music therapy. Research <strong>of</strong> this kind has not been done<br />

before in Finland. Four young victims <strong>of</strong> drug addiction took part in this<br />

research. The data consists <strong>of</strong> eight individual therapy meetings with<br />

each participant. With this research I try to find out how a person with<br />

drug addiction experiences the rehabilitative treatment based on<br />

physioacoustic method and music therapy and what kind <strong>of</strong> material rises<br />

up to conscious during the process. One aim is also to clarify to what<br />

extent the participants´experiences are similar and how their experience<br />

will possibly give expression to the participants´addiction problem and<br />

its reasons.<br />

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