Contents
Introduction
1. St
Mary’s—starting something new
2. A
musical tornado—a boy expresses anger, trust and pride through
music
3. Lizzie
the mermaid—a traumatized girl sings
4. Singing
with the Anthonites—group music therapy
5. Harmony
and dissonance—the role of talent and other considerations
6. “Do
my story!”—introducing Playback Theatre to St Mary’s
7. Gastonia—two
severely disturbed boys and their musical expression
8. A
painting of the world—a drama therapy group
9. The
bag of stones—therapy groups using Playback Theatre
10.
Stories in the Space Room—a week-by-week chronicle of one Playback
therapy group
11.
Shade sings her life—music therapy with an angry, soulful girl
12.
Tamira’s second chance—an all-girls Playback Theatre group
13.
“Music is curative”—a boy composes songs
14.
Coda—the permanent place of the arts at St Mary’s
Appendix:
About the creative arts therapies
References
and Resources
Excerpt
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