“We Could Play Nicely Together—Instead of Just Chaos”
For families where abuse or neglect has led to the child being taken into care, support can be vital for the child’s future life. This qualitative, interpretive study aimed to explore a child’s and parent’s experience of music therapy as a supportive intervention following a period of the child’s p...
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For families where abuse or neglect has led to the child being taken into care, support can be vital for the child’s future life. This qualitative, interpretive study aimed to explore a child’s and parent’s experience of music therapy as a supportive intervention following a period of the child’s placement in foster care. The study is based on a semi-structured collaborative interview in which a family dyad, consisting of a parent and a child aged 15 years, were invited to a post-therapy interview two years after the completion of music therapy. We used reflective thematic analysis (Braun & Clark, 2019) to analyse the interview. The findings suggest that the parent-child dyad experienced music therapy positively and contributed to the parent-child relationship. Music therapy was experienced as a safe environment where they felt validated and at home. The dyad described the music as representing the family’s culture and as helpful in transferring knowledge from sessions to everyday life. Using music to create a safe atmosphere, express emotions, and strengthen attachments when children return home after a period in foster care can benefit child protection.
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| spelling | doaj-art-ec43acc6704048dbb7e77663541402fd2025-08-20T03:28:38ZengGAMUT - Grieg Academy Music Therapy Research Centre (NORCE & University of Bergen)Voices1504-16112025-07-0125210.15845/voices.v25i2.4280“We Could Play Nicely Together—Instead of Just Chaos”Rut Wallius0Stine L. Jacobsen1Alexandra Ullsten2Aalborg University, DenmarkAalborg University, Denmark Centre for Clinical Research and Education, Region Värmland, Sweden and Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, Örebro University, Sweden For families where abuse or neglect has led to the child being taken into care, support can be vital for the child’s future life. This qualitative, interpretive study aimed to explore a child’s and parent’s experience of music therapy as a supportive intervention following a period of the child’s placement in foster care. The study is based on a semi-structured collaborative interview in which a family dyad, consisting of a parent and a child aged 15 years, were invited to a post-therapy interview two years after the completion of music therapy. We used reflective thematic analysis (Braun & Clark, 2019) to analyse the interview. The findings suggest that the parent-child dyad experienced music therapy positively and contributed to the parent-child relationship. Music therapy was experienced as a safe environment where they felt validated and at home. The dyad described the music as representing the family’s culture and as helpful in transferring knowledge from sessions to everyday life. Using music to create a safe atmosphere, express emotions, and strengthen attachments when children return home after a period in foster care can benefit child protection. https://voices.no/index.php/voices/article/view/4280child protectionfoster carereunification interventionfamilies at riskmusic therapycollaborative interview |
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