Abstract
This study is based on the question: What does social group work and music therapy have in common? When utilized during intervention aimed at the drug dependent client, the advantages of the different methods augment to the definite benefit of the client. Both strategies aim to improve the client’s communication skills, his capacity to deal with resistance, anger control and other negative feelings. Social group work as well as music therapy enhances the exploration of and expression of suppressed feelings and as such motivates socialisation. With music providing the much needed relaxing and bonding factor, the drug dependent person feels more comfortable in the group, free to express feelings and therefore more motivated towards treatment. Following a theoretical motivation, the authors provide useful guidelines for uti-lizing specific music to gain specific results during group work with drug dependant persons.
Highlights
This study is based on the question: What does social group work and music therapy have in common? When utilized during intervention aimed at the drug dependent client, the advantages of the different methods augment to the definite benefit of the client
Aan die hand van ’n teoretiese en empiriese ondersoek (Pieterse, 2003), waarby vyf rehabilitasiesentrums vir dwelmafhanklikes betrek is; gerugsteun deur persoonlike kennis in musikale verband, het hierdie artikel ten doel om musiekterapie te kontekstualiseer in terme van die benuttingswaarde vir groepwerk met dwelmafhanklikes
Musiek kan in maatskaplike groepwerk met middel-afhanklikes benut word omdat dit egoondersteuning bied deur middel van musikale voltooiing of vervulling, en ook interpersoonlike vaardighede ontwikkel wat tot persoonlike uitdrukking lei (Gallant, Holosko & Siegel, 1997:43)
Summary
Musiek kan in maatskaplike groepwerk met middel-afhanklikes benut word omdat dit egoondersteuning bied deur middel van musikale voltooiing of vervulling, en ook interpersoonlike vaardighede ontwikkel wat tot persoonlike uitdrukking lei (Gallant, Holosko & Siegel, 1997:43). Wanneer dwelmafhanklikes dus uitdrukking gee aan hul persoonlike ervaringe en traumatiese belewenisse deur middel van alternatiewe mediums soos prosa, digkuns en musiek, slaag hulle dikwels daarin om kwessies rakende hulle afhanklikheid te konfronteer, tot persoonlike insigte te kom en uiteindelik te groei (Gallant et al, 1997:42-43). Dwelmafhanklikes kan ook deur musiek gehelp word om op emosionele vlak introspeksie te doen deur gevoelens te identifiseer, uitdrukking te gee aan negatiewe emosies en te leer om daardie emosies te hanteer (Lingerman, 1995:10). Kan musiek op spirituele vlak bydra tot die ontwikkeling van ’n beter selfbeeld omdat dit dwelmafhanklikes kan uitdaag en bewus maak van hul swak sowel as hul positiewe eienskappe. Dit is veral in terme van gemeenskaplike doelstellings, beginsels, intervensie en doelwitte wat die twee terreine by mekaar aansluiting vind
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