音楽療法 : モチベーションを刺激して行動・表現を解放する(基礎心理学のひろがり,2006年度 第1回フォーラム)

抄録

Music therapy is relatively a new treatment area in Japan. It has been practiced in hospitals, institutions for elderly people and/or disabled population. The definition of the Japanese Music Therapy Association is the following: Music therapy is to use music purposefully with plans to recover from mental and physical disability, to maintain our functions, to raise our QOL, and to make changes in actions by physiological psychological social aspects in music. Music therapists use pre-composed music and improvisation according to clients' situations and needs. There are various elements and forms in music, and we music therapists have to use it clinically according to clients' needs and their treatment plan. Here we experience these musical elements and forms and witness how music motivate clients and release actions and expressions. We review some psychological ideas which is essential to practicing music therapy and analyze real sessions to see how clinical music influence clients psychologically and socially.