Me reconozco, me expreso y creo; musicoterapia para estudiantes de Enseñanza Media: Una experiencia de desarrollo y superación personal, con estudiantes de la comuna de Alto Hospicio, Chile.

Abstract

Music therapy it´s a systematic process of intervention, in which a therapist helps a client to improve physical health and psychological level, using musical experiences and relationships that develop through them as dynamic forces of change. This paper describes a music therapy program conducted in a group of young people, between 12 and 17 year old, all in a social risk.

This program’s main objective was to provide socio-emotional support through the use of music and sound. It was a proposal for a preventive nature, integrating the recreational and therapeutic from the interaction through musical experiences. The design and planning was based on the needs identified in the participants, focusing mainly on the development of self-esteem, recognition and emotion regulation and self expression. The methodology of intervention had a group character, interactive and experiential. Various techniques were applied to specific field of music therapy, such as musical performance, active music listening, improvisation, both vocal and instrumental, movement and body expression, individual and collective creation, among others.