Dissertation - World Federation of Music Therapy

Opening towards spirituality
Intermediate step
The new (intrapersonal) understanding serves as basis for
(interpersonal, extravert) action – but only
IF THE WILL OF THE CLIENT IS ACTIVATED
AND THE ENERGY IS SUFFICIENT
Step 2
The client develops new coping strategies and attitudes towards future,
based on experiences from the intermediate step,
supported and elaborated by the BMGIM sessions
(= Improvement in quality of life B)
This development is reflected in one core category:
Developing new coping strategies
In other words: The positive outcome of the therapeutic process is primarily the
establishment of the psychological and intrapersonal prerequisites for new actions in
the outer, interpersonal world. Some of these actions or strategies may already take
shape during the therapy. However, there is no direct way from step 1 to step 2.
This study does not give an answer to the question ’How is the will of the client
activated?’, it only documents that some participants move all the way from step 0 to
step 2. The question will be discussed in chapter 9.
In the interview (App. 6.4.1b) one of the participants (INLA) provided a very precise
account of the elements and progression of step 1, with focus on the relationship
between music and imagery. The researcher wishes to include this in a more elaborate
form as a hypothesis or proposition of how the BMGIM therapy enabled not only
INLA, but most of the participants to establish a new understanding of herself and her
life situation.
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