Abstract
In this paper I develop an idea adapted from Benjamin (1990) about the significance of mutual ‘recognition’ as a performative agent in the experience of shared music making in therapy. I will consider the role of music therapy in providing an opportunity for relationship where the client is in the late stages of dementia together with the notion of ‘recognition’ as a paradigm for building meaning within this relationship. I consider how this particular phenomenon of shared experience has profound resonance for a contemporary music therapy practice transgressing some of the assumed boundaries between existent clinical approaches.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Unpublished Invited Seminar Paper |
Publication status | Unpublished - 1 Oct 2019 |
Keywords
- Music Therapy
- Dementia
- Winnicott
- Recognition Theory