
All Things Must Pass: Utilizing Music Therapy in the Transition of a Dying Loved One
Author(s) -
Jacob Beck
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
voices
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1504-1611
DOI - 10.15845/voices.v10i2.159
Subject(s) - music therapy , transition (genetics) , psychotherapist , psychology , aesthetics , psychoanalysis , visual arts , art , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Even as a Music Therapist with some knowledge and experience with hospice, I was yet unprepared for the intimate passing of one of my own loved ones. This is the story of how I used music to help relieve my father’s and my own anxieties surrounding his transition, and the challenges and successes that I found in offering that music to him.