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Dissertation - World Federation of Music Therapy

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What elements are there that describe the relationship between the music and the<br />

imagery transformations?<br />

The analyses uncovered <strong>of</strong> a close interplay <strong>of</strong> music and imagery/metaphors: the<br />

configuration <strong>of</strong> the metaphors followed the narrative matrix <strong>of</strong> the music.<br />

Three categories <strong>of</strong> music were identified: supportive, mixed and challenging<br />

music, each category with specific therapeutic potentials. A grounded theory on<br />

the therapeutic function <strong>of</strong> music in BMGIM was proposed.<br />

The use <strong>of</strong> multiple methods, including both fixed and flexible designs to investigate<br />

complementary aspects <strong>of</strong> the research question, was productive and promising.<br />

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