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A Phenomenological Study on Music Therapists Treating Trauma Patients
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| Title: | A Phenomenological Study on Music Therapists Treating Trauma Patients |
| Authors: | Lee, Dominique J |
| Keywords: | Music Therapy
Trauma
Phenomenology |
| Issue Date: | 21-Aug-2009 |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to gain understanding and knowledge of the lived experience
of music therapists treating trauma patients. Within the music therapy
field, the trauma therapy has been gaining interest over the years. There have been
many books and articles written about the trauma patient population itself and the
music therapy interventions. However, the problem to be addressed is that currently
there is a lack of study focused on the music therapists’ experience of treating trauma
patients in relation to such topic as Vicarious Traumatization (VT), Compassion
Fatigue (CF), and Burn Out. There is evidence from the Secondary Traumatic Stress
Syndrome (STS) how conducting trauma therapy may result in VT, CF, and Burn Out
for the therapists. However, within the music therapy field this is a subject that was
not explored and studied much. The research was conducted within the
phenomenological framework with added musical improvisation of “Self-Portrait” as
an artistic inquiry component. The subjects who conduct trauma therapy were
recruited and they were interviewed using the open-ended interview guide. The
musical data was analyzed based on a Structural Model for Music Analysis (SMMA)
developed by Erdonmez Grocke (1999) and the verbal data was analyzed based on
Modification of the Stevick-Collaizzi-Keen Method of Analysis of Phenomenological
Data (Moustakas, 1994). The results show how challenging it is for the therapist to be
present and working with trauma patients and what it feels like to hear the trauma
materials of the patients. There was only one case reported of having experienced VT,
CF, and Burn Out as a result of working with trauma patients. It is important to note
the findings from the musical data and the verbal data are congruent and concurrent
which supports and strengthens the research results. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1860/3086 |
| Appears in Collections: | Health Sciences Theses and Dissertations
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