Music Therapy as a Path to the Self and to the World Cover Image

Музикотерапията като път към себе си и света
Music Therapy as a Path to the Self and to the World

Author(s): Yordanka Deyanova
Subject(s): Philosophy, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music, Semiology, Aesthetics
Published by: Издателство НМА „Проф. Панчо Владигеров”

Summary/Abstract: Music therapy is an applied science still making its way in Bulgaria. Therefore, in its opening part, the article presents some definitions of music therapy and its types according to different characteristics. The main part treats individual and group music therapy focused on self-consciousness and self-development; reviews in brief the psychological defence mechanisms involved in this process and points out some of the psychological theories at the base of this type of music therapy.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 49-59
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Bulgarian