摘要:Despite a growing interest in music therapy within child welfare practice, music therapy
practices within these contexts are still under-researched in Norway. The present
study takes a collaborative community music therapy practice as its point of departure.
We interviewed nine social workers aged 30–55 from four different child welfare
institutions about their ideas on the advantages and disadvantages of music therapy
as an approach to promote mental health and development. Informants’ ideas
about the benefits of music therapy circled around four main themes: a) safety and
well-being, b) relationships and mastery, c) dealing with complex emotions, and d)
continuity and stability, across situations. Findings show that the social workers’ reflections
around music therapy correspond with child welfare issues such as traumainformed
care and participation.
关键词:music therapy;child welfare;social work;trauma-informed care,
participation;UNCRC child convention