Dissertation - World Federation of Music Therapy

INLA: 44 years old, two children living with her, works (reduced hours), breast
cancer, enters the project eleven months after remissal from hospital.
INLA did not improve much according to the quantitative study. However, this very
bright lady (the only academic in the group) realized – like SAAA – that she had left
some illusions behind during the GIM process and developed a much more precise
idea about her own situation and potentials. Her imagery was very concentrated and
consistent, and she also touched the transpersonal realm.
PIJØ: 41 years old, divorced, one child, student, unstable economy, abdominal
cancer, enters the project six months after remissal from hospital.
PIJØ is a tiny, and seemingly very fragile, woman with a very soft voice – sometimes
it is hard to hear what she reports in the sessions (recordings). When she entered the
study she had low self esteem and faced many problems. However, she delved
beautifully into the BMGIM process. Her image production was stunning –
predominantly metaphoric imagery, and she was very sensitive to the music. She did
not always understand her imagery immediately, so BMGIM was also a learning
process for her: ’I have this strange, but rich world inside – what does it mean?’ PIJØ
developed a fine understanding of the imagery.
SAAA: 46 years old, married, 3 children, unstable economy, breast cancer, Enters the
project 21 months after remissal from hospital.
SAAA did not show much improvement according to the quantitative study.
However, after the BMGIM process she stated in the interview that she was now
much more realistic about her situation and in a fine balance with herself. She went
very deep in most of the sessions – and this is almost a ’technical’ problem, since she
reported very little during the music travels – most of the reports were given in the
postlude discussions and in the mandalas (and later in poems)! The therapist has
written a small case report on this remarkable woman (in Danish), who found a new
path in her life.
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