“…In music therapy, we observe that people stress the importance of emotional expression for relief, but it is often underestimated the thought cycles that create those emotions. With a methodology that includes CBT-informed songwriting techniques, we can achieve a change in the thought cycles to bring the anxiety levels down, and we can observe this difference by analyzing the lyrics (Naeem et al, 2016).…”
There are numerous young asylum seekers and unaccompanied migrant minors around the globe. A comprehensive literature review revealed that post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the most common disorder that affects the asylum seeker youth and migrant minor populations. Many of these individuals struggle with PTSD and show resilience in their daily lives while also learning, discovering, and surviving. Accordingly, therapeutic interventions directed to them must be trauma-informed, phased, engaging, empowering, and impactful to support the needs of these young people. A seven-month-long music therapy intervention experience that was applied to young asylum seekers in Spain, and found that the most effective intervention tools were Hip Hop Therapy-related interventions. This study resulted in a new intervention model, The Integral Hip Hop Methodology. This paper highlights the importance that intervention models be engaging and considerate to the necessities and preferences of the addressed population and presents The Integral Hip Hop Methodology as an example.
“…In music therapy, we observe that people stress the importance of emotional expression for relief, but it is often underestimated the thought cycles that create those emotions. With a methodology that includes CBT-informed songwriting techniques, we can achieve a change in the thought cycles to bring the anxiety levels down, and we can observe this difference by analyzing the lyrics (Naeem et al, 2016).…”
There are numerous young asylum seekers and unaccompanied migrant minors around the globe. A comprehensive literature review revealed that post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the most common disorder that affects the asylum seeker youth and migrant minor populations. Many of these individuals struggle with PTSD and show resilience in their daily lives while also learning, discovering, and surviving. Accordingly, therapeutic interventions directed to them must be trauma-informed, phased, engaging, empowering, and impactful to support the needs of these young people. A seven-month-long music therapy intervention experience that was applied to young asylum seekers in Spain, and found that the most effective intervention tools were Hip Hop Therapy-related interventions. This study resulted in a new intervention model, The Integral Hip Hop Methodology. This paper highlights the importance that intervention models be engaging and considerate to the necessities and preferences of the addressed population and presents The Integral Hip Hop Methodology as an example.
This article uses ‘November Rain’ by Guns N’ Roses to demonstrate how a song or music piece can be used to elicit a service users’ thoughts, feelings and behaviours. The concept of a positive and negative music formulation is explained and clinical implications for this potentially innovative approach is discussed.
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