Dissertation - World Federation of Music Therapy

PIJØ: It has been very hard for me to ask other people for help. I can do that now….
And I believe in the future.
SAAA: I have done many things to feel better, but music therapy is what has given
me the greatest number of images, and the serenity necessary to experience more
meaning....
ANHO: I do feel better now, but [the improvements came] in a ’sneaking way’.
ESMA: It would be very unfortunate, if I had to let go of music now. I would feel
depressed; my will to live would be broken. I wouldn’t have the necessary power to
fight for a positive attitude towards life...
Enhanced Hope
ESMA: Living with cancer may overwhelm you with strong emotions, sorrow,
despair, and anxiety – will you live or will you die? – it just tumbles you down. –
When I listen to the GIM CDs my mind becomes clearer, I feel empowered somehow,
the music makes me calm and relaxed and enables me to face problems when I leave
my ”cave”...
ANHO: I have saved a small sum of money, because I want to buy an allotment
garden. That’s optimism, isn’t it? (laughs). I save the money, so I guess I will have it!
WIFU: I have found my inner strength. I have found images, which are mine and
cannot be taken away from me. I can use them wherever I may go.
INLA: Doors have been opened, and they couldn’t have been opened anywhere else –
it is the music, no (..) it is the combination of a beautiful space, light, flowers, tea,
music (...) and an attentive person that attunes me.
SAAA: I realized – supported by the music therapy – that I still want to work with
people, maybe not in therapy [as I did before], but in a totally different way.
PIJØ: I wanted to experience spring; that was very important. In spite of my radiation
damages I am taking my exams – and I have written an application! (...) I believe in it
now.
Improved understanding of Self
ESMA: ’Performing well’ has been an important theme in my life ’. Now it doesn’t
matter much anymore. I have learnt that patience is important. Hot-tempered action
does not solve any problem.
ANHO: ’Duty first’ has been my recipe. Now it is easier for me to forget my ’duties’.
I can allow myself to say ’this is how it is. I am not a magician’.
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