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Cropper K, Godsal J. The useless therapist: music therapy and dramatherapy with traumatised children. THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES 2016. [DOI: 10.1108/tc-07-2014-0026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to discuss the use of music therapy and dramatherapy with traumatised children in a residential school through examining the therapists’ experience of feeling useless.
Design/methodology/approach
– Using clinical examples, the paper explores the therapists’ feelings of uselessness and how this experience informs and enables the progression of the work.
Findings
– The paper suggests that feelings of uselessness are a necessary and useful part of the clinical process when working with traumatised children.
Originality/value
– This paper offers an insight into application of music therapy and dramatherapy in this environment, and also into the therapists experience of working with highly traumatised children.
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