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

and Long 1987)
Several major themes were evident tnroughout tne
process of music therapy with Kate:
1. Music therapy and medication reduction.
How can the music tnerapist assist this process ?
2. How does the music therapist communicate with
Such a severely damaged patients ?
Issues of subjective interpretation. Music therapist
under question. Relating communication process to
theory of mother-infant communication development.
Several questions pertinent at particular stages of
therapy:
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1. Why this patient ?
A music therapists ' motives for working with a
particular patient.
2. Maintaining professional separation from tne
patient and balancing it with the empathy required, not
allowing yourself as a therapist to become too involved
and consecuently to lose direction.
I will now discuss some details of Kate's process
tnrough the music therapy process as it relates to these
themes.
THE MUSIC THERAPY PROCESS WITH KATE
PRESENTATION: Kate is contined to a water chair
during her out of bed hours. This style of chair is rather
like a large armchair which provides the support she
requires for sitting up. She has movement of arms and