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- In combining therapeutic songwriting and positive psychology, the songwriter should receive the benefits of both disciplines, accelerate and intensify the reduction in depressive symptoms, and enhance their wellbeing.
May 10, 2022 · (2) Methods: This article describes the development of a therapeutic songwriting program for people living with late-life depression. Knowledge from positive psychology and therapeutic songwriting was combined to maximize the potential benefits.
- Sharing Through Songwriting
- A Broad Practice
- Communicating Change Lyrically
Professor Baker notes that lyric creation helps people to share their stories in ways that are socially appropriate: “For example, it is more socially acceptable to share your story of abuse in a song than in a conversation, and [therefore] maybe easier for the person to share the story in that form, and for the audience to receive it. Importantly,...
Therapeutic songwriting can be used across the lifespan, says Professor Baker. In clinical practice it is used with children and adolescents with special needs; children in hospital (including those being treated for cancer); refugees who have been traumatised prior to their arrival in Australia; and children, adolescents and adults who are in pall...
“Therapeutic songwriting can be practiced according to a range of psychological and health-oriented ways of thinking. It can focus on outcomes such as changing something tangible and visible – for instance, behaviours and ways of thinking. It can focus on the experience of creating a song whereby the process unfolds as people tell their stories, ge...
May 10, 2022 · Two interventions, positive psychology and music therapeutic songwriting, have independently led to decreased depressive symptoms and an improved wellbeing in older people over 65 years old.
Aug 27, 2023 · Songwriting is an especially powerful tool used by music therapists. It opens a path to access, verbalize, and express feelings that are otherwise often difficult to process. It harnesses...
Mar 4, 2019 · Therapeutic songwriting is a music therapy technique, which can reduce mental distress and improve social engagement in a range of clinical populations; yet it is also an accessible art form, possibly an ideal vehicle for supporting students in distress.
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Jan 1, 2015 · Two interventions, positive psychology and music therapeutic songwriting, have independently led to decreased depressive symptoms and an improved wellbeing in older people over 65 years old.
