23.7. 1993 Vitoria-Gasteiz / Spain - World Federation of Music Therapy

- The sound of instruments helped me open the first
channel of communication with the outside world.
- He evolved by letting each student represent a hero
and by recognizing it as such.
Once such relationships had been established, it was
easier to analyze his conflicts, fears, dreads, and ghosts
through their musical representation.
It was only then that he perceived the music therapist
and allowed her to get between him and his heroes by
means of the music she played and improvised.
I saw that it was only after having established such
connections that he began to progress towards his
healing.
The heroes slowly left, liberating the instruments and
losing their identities, leaving the patient alone as a
unique and singular psychic entity.
The patient's music therapy treatment lasted over two
49
and a half years.
He became literate, and studied 1st and 2nd grades in
government schools.
His social behaviour
normality.
slowly progressed towards
When he became 15 years old he was solidly immersed
in his social context. The last time I spoke to him, he told
me he was considering joining the Brazilian Navy.
Edad: 7 años en el inicio del tratamiento.
Motivo del ingreso: Inadaptación escolar, falta de
realidad con frecuentes "ataques de furia".
Tenía obsesión y fijación por revistas de héroes.
Asumía siempre la personalidad del héroe de las
historias, dependiendo de qué revista tuviera en las
manos.