Music Therapy Today - World Federation of Music Therapy
Music Therapy Today - World Federation of Music Therapy
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Abdollahnejad, M.R. (2006) The use <strong>of</strong> music therapy with substance abusers. <strong>Music</strong> <strong>Therapy</strong> <strong>Today</strong> (Online)<br />
Vol.VII (2) 318-332. available at http://musictherapyworld.net<br />
Song Sharing<br />
In one <strong>of</strong> the song listening sessions a group member selects a song<br />
named TAK by an Iranian pop singer. The song was about a period <strong>of</strong> the<br />
singer's life which reminded this group member <strong>of</strong> his own past. He says<br />
in a sad tone that he was born and brought up in a poor family and due to<br />
this fact he has always felt inferior when going out with his friend who<br />
enjoyed a rich and educated upbringing. Further, he suffered from a leg<br />
handicap which again contributed to him having a low opinion <strong>of</strong> himself<br />
and inability to deal with the opposite sex! In the same phase <strong>of</strong> his life,<br />
he makes friend with a cannabis consumer. Consuming cannabis, he feels<br />
happy and relieved and this trend continued till he ended up consuming<br />
heroin.<br />
Then the group started analyzing his situation and the causes <strong>of</strong> his addic-<br />
tion to drugs and asks him what caused him to start with drugs. He rea-<br />
soned that his family neglected him and considered him to be less<br />
confident and efficient compared to his brother hence his brother got all<br />
the family attention and care. One group member concludes that he is<br />
seeking the attention and confirmation <strong>of</strong> others in all that he does and he<br />
is following the same practice even now that he is a resident at TC.<br />
He says in reply that his friend had nicknamed him a free-loader, due to<br />
him having financial limitations. Therefore, to compensate, he would do<br />
them services as car washing, house cleaning, etc. He further explains the<br />
cold relationship between his parents. When asked if he tried to have a<br />
girlfriend despite all his problems and shortcomings, he says that, at the<br />
beginning <strong>of</strong> his drug abuse he fell in love with a girl whom he did not<br />
succeed in marrying as her family objected to the marriage because he<br />
was handicapped and it could also be that the girl's family had learned<br />
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