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

street, the dentistry department and some adjacent rooms. There are
many chairs in the room (about 18), which makes moving during
sessions a bit difficult. There is also a washbasin with a tap, several
lockers, a blackboard and seven large mats about 8cm thick that are used
in the music therapy sessions. Before the beginning of each session, the
music therapist takes several chairs out to clear up some room for the
young girls to move.
The music therapy sessions use recorded tapes with music, some of
which are brought by the pregnant girls themselves and then copied
during the session. There are also several musical instruments and we
also use objects in the room to produce sounds.
During pregnancy, music therapy will have very important psychological
and prophylactic effects by acting in an evolutionary stage that will be
extremely important throughout a person's life. This is possible due to the
close communication that exists between the mother and the baby during
pregnancy.
Dr GERALDINA VIÇOSA, says that music deals with both the
psychological and bodily aspects, which cannot be dissociated (...) and it
is a very important language in any age. She believes it is the language of
excellence for adolescents, specially because of the changes their bodies
undergo [...] and the great vulnerability of their egos caused by the
changes they are experiencing in their bodies.
“Music therapy ...studies the sound-human beings-sound complex to use
movement, sound and music to open communication channels in human
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