Dissertation - World Federation of Music Therapy

[Lars Ole shows her some mandalas] Are these also mine? How exiting. The first
one.. I think there is so much joy in these images, when I look at them. Also this one.
Both the spruce cone and the lotus. Here I liked to use the mandala form. I think it is
possible to conclude that an integration process took place!
[How did it influence you that your process was part of a study?] I don’t think it had
any consequences. I had the opportunity to talk to Ellen about it, and that was enough.
[What do you think about the intervals between sessions?] I might have used weekly
sessions, or every tenth day. Maybe the interval could have been changing. On the
other hand every week could have been too close in some periods.
[Do you see any disadvantages with music therapy?] I don’t’ think so. [You
mentioned dependency earlier?] Yes, and that was seriously meant. You have to be
able to let go of it. Now and then I really miss my ’Islands of joy’ on the couch...
But apart from that – it may be a disadvantage that it is not always funny. Sometimes
I have been very tired when I left, complete filled with emotions. It takes some extra
energy to use it the way I was allowed to use it.
[What was the most important experience for you?]
The most important is the images I got. Images that I had never seen before. They will
always stay with me. I can feel now, how easy it is for me to recall them. With a few
cues from you they gush forth. The imagery – with the strength and power they have
told me I possess.
[Is there anything else you would like to add?]
I wonder about the difference between the therapeutic and the non-therapeutic.
Sometimes I was in doubt about how many issues of my life I should include. I mean,
it was not about my whole life. Actually I didn’t think about the process as therapy,
Justas something I did because I had cancer.
Appendix 6.4.2a Interview med PIJØ 6.5. 2003
[Mange af jer syntes, at det var underligt at udfylde spørgeskemaerne?]
1:20 Spørgeskemaerne er utroligt svære at svare på selvom det ser så nemt ud. Det er
afhængigt at hvordan man lige har det i situationen. Og så kan jeg aldrig bestemme
mig! [..] Jeg kan godt se de kan lave en gennemsnitsbetragtning, men alligevel – og
nogle af sp. var svære at svare på. De dækkede ikke særlig godt...
[Hvilke? Alle 3? LOB siger noget om forskellene...]
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