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Turry, Alan: Performance and Product ....
her process in music therapy to music therapists, Logis feels, has given her
life a sense of purpose. She continues to seek out public projects that allow
her to share her music therapy journey.
Conclusion
Performing with clients is a legitimate activity that can bring many
potential benefits to the client. Recording music created in therapy sessions
can allow clients to share personal feelings and expressions to others in a
meaningful way. These activities can create a sense of accomplishment and
self worth within the client. It is important for the therapist to determine
what the important dynamics and issues are for the client in order to
discern what performing or recording will mean for the client. The therapist
can help the client concentrate on the product while being aware of the
overall process of the therapy. It is important for the therapist to realize
that the client may have many reactions to a successful performance-that
successful performance or product does not equal successful therapy.
The performing process can bring up new issues and areas of
development, which feed back into the therapy process. Experiencing a
sense of being valued and being attended to after the performance by the
therapist, clients can feel an internal sense of validation and nurturing
that can be more powerful than the public response. With supervision,
which examines underlying motivations and dynamics, reflecting on the
process and examining how the performance and product effect the
client, therapists can successfully integrate these activities into their
music therapy practice.
References
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Logis has non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma that is currently in regression, which means the tumors have
shrunk but are still present.
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