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The Voice of Trauma: Music/Sound in Treating Traumatized Individuals |
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Louise Montello, PhD
The voice is a mirror of the soul and the link between psyche and soma. In this experiential workshop, noted music therapist/psychoanalyst Louise Montello demonstrates how expression can be inhibited due to unresolved trauma and how this inhibition can wreak havoc in the mind and body. She creates a safe environment for participants to explore the dimensions of the voice and its natural expression through playful warm-ups, conscious breathing, and basic singing techniques. Trauma themes are explored through musical story telling, vocal improvisation and drumming.
Participants also learn to externalize and transform resistant sub-personalities commonly found in traumatized individuals through the vocal giving-and-receiving feedback loop. Clinical case examples are shared that document the effectiveness of voice-centered music therapy in transforming the ravages of early trauma. Special focus will be given to assessing strengths and weaknesses of the traumatized client, the effects of early trauma on the nervous system, and contraindications for uncovering/releasing techniques. No singing experience or musical background necessary.
Mar 7–8, 2009
Saturday, 9:30-12:30pm, 1:30-5:30pm
Sunday, 9:30-12:30pm, 1:30-5pm
08WHH55SA20
$335 (No member discount)
New York Open Center Sound and Music School Training Program |
