E-Book of Articles - World Federation of Music Therapy

5. Understanding the action of music therapy
Schiltz-Ludwig, Lony: When Aggression is disturbed ...
Physiological effect
Unblocking of the imagination
Musical and poetical shaping
Facilitation of the secondary
elaboration and of the
mentalization process
Diminution of the mechanisms Diminution of the tendency Diminution of the
responsible for inhibition towards acting out mechanisms for
somatization
6. Conclusion
In case of borderline organization with adolescents, analytically oriented
music therapy permits the emergence of personal desire, of authentic
emotions, the canalisation and imaginative and symbolic elaboration of
aggressive drives, towards an improved assertiveness and a regained
possibility of personal choices. These positive results were produced by a
long lasting individual and group therapy, which has been proved to be an
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