McCaffrey Tríona, Edwards Jane
Irish World Academy of Music & Dance, University of Limerick, Ireland Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
Irish World Academy of Music & Dance, University of Limerick, Ireland Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.
J Music Ther. 2016 Summer;53(2):121-48. doi: 10.1093/jmt/thw002. Epub 2016 Feb 24.
Mental health service development internationally is increasingly informed by the collaborative ethos of recovery. Service user evaluation of experiences within music therapy programs allows new phenomena about participation in services to be revealed that might otherwise remain unnoticed.
The aim of this study was to demonstrate how asking service users about their experience of music therapy can generate useful information, and to reflect upon the feedback elicited from such processes in order to gain a deeper understanding of how music therapy is received among service users in mental health.
Six mental health service users described their experiences of music therapy in one or two individual interviews. Transcripts of interviews were analyzed using the procedures and techniques of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.
Interviews with mental health service users provided rich, in-depth accounts reflecting the complex nature of music therapy participation. Super-ordinate themes refer to the context in which music therapy was offered, the rich sound world of music in music therapy, the humanity of music therapy, and the strengths enhancing opportunities experienced by service users.
Participants indicated that they each experienced music therapy in unique ways. Opinions about the value of music therapy were revealed through an interview process in which the researcher holds an open attitude, welcoming all narrative contributions respectfully. These findings can remind practitioners of the importance of closely tuning into the perspectives and understandings of those who have valuable expertise to share about their experience of music therapy services in mental health.
国际上心理健康服务的发展越来越受到康复协作理念的影响。服务使用者对音乐治疗项目体验的评估能够揭示有关参与服务的新现象，否则这些现象可能会被忽视。
本研究的目的是展示询问服务使用者关于他们的音乐治疗体验如何能够产生有用信息，并反思从这些过程中得到的反馈，以便更深入地了解心理健康服务使用者如何接受音乐治疗。
六名心理健康服务使用者在一到两次个人访谈中描述了他们的音乐治疗体验。使用解释现象学分析的程序和技术对访谈记录进行分析。
对心理健康服务使用者的访谈提供了丰富、深入的描述，反映了参与音乐治疗的复杂性质。上位主题涉及提供音乐治疗的背景、音乐治疗中丰富的音乐声音世界、音乐治疗的人文性以及服务使用者所体验到的增强机会的优势。
参与者表示他们每个人都以独特的方式体验音乐治疗。通过研究者持开放态度、尊重地欢迎所有叙述性贡献的访谈过程，揭示了对音乐治疗价值的看法。这些发现可以提醒从业者密切关注那些拥有关于他们在心理健康方面音乐治疗服务体验的宝贵专业知识的人的观点和理解的重要性。
