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Figure 7.2.1 How do you express yourself Responses from students at Centre School
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Before music therapy
After music therapy
Before music therapy, four students in The Centre School mentioned drama and how
it helped them. One felt “like, all my problems just go away” (Chris, appendix 7.1.23,
p.379). Similarly, another explained how doing drama was a good release of selfexpression,
“I felt really like all the air just gone and I was just break free” (Clare,
appendix 7.1.19, p.348). This graph shows that before music therapy, only two
students mentioned music as a means of self-expression but this increased to nine
after music therapy. This is the greatest increase of all the answers and demonstrates
the impact that music therapy made.
Two students did not know how to express themselves and said they did nothing.
Quickly reacting to the informal atmosphere of the interview, and perhaps aiming to
impress the interviewer, John said: “Last time I expressed myself I tripped over my
last headmaster and that was funny!” (appendix 7.1.37, p.502).
Before music therapy, the interviewer spoke to Chris (appendix 7.1.23, p.378):
And what about expressing yourself and letting off steam Do you have things
that you like doing …
“No I can’t express myself normally but I don’t know why I just can’t”.
Have you had any good experiences with art or music
“No”
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