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KMID : 1148220180140020195
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Journal of Arts Psychotherapy
2018 Volume.14 No. 2 p.195 ~ p.225
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A Phenomenological Study on the Experience of Gestalt Music Therapy for The Social Discontent-Type-Random Criminals
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Kim Joo-Hee
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Abstract
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The study attempts to shed light on Gestalt music therapy practice of Social Discontent-type-criminals who committed crimes with unspecific reasons in the correctional settings. Data collection consisted of interviews with five prisoners and three other written materials about their experiences after attending ten sessions of Gestalt music group therapy. Using Giorgi(2004, 2012)’s approach to phenomenological analysis, seven domains and nineteen categories were identified. The domains of this study were: (a) Psycho-emotional benefits; (b) Association with music; (c) The influences of non musical media related to the activities; (d) The opportunity of the introspection and the insight; (e) The music activities to help them to have the social skills; (f) Intragroup conflict factors; (g) The consideration of the musical instruments and the music as the therapeutic roles. The results showed that some improvements needed to be made regarding the conflict arousing factors like the generation gap within the group, (and) the selection of music and the musical instruments for the participants. On the other hand the prisoners made more positive responses to their therapeutic experiences of the psycho-emotional and social aspects, the chances of self-reflection, the helpful experiences in singing bowl sound meditation and the pleasant experiences in videos watching which helped their activities. This study contributes to developing a Gestalt music therapy approach and expanding knowledge of this population for the therapists and officers in the correctional settings.
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KEYWORD
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Gestalt Music Therapy, Social Discontent, Random Criminals, Prisoners, Singing Bowl Sound Meditation
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