A trauma-sensitive path to persistent self-transcendence within community music therapy
Alan Philip Silverman, Marisol S. Norris
June 1, 2021 DOI: 10.17918/00001492 via OpenAlex
Summary
The project focused on developing a grant proposal for a community music therapy program aimed at helping individuals with trauma achieve persistent self-transcendence through music therapy and counseling. The program also incorporated peace activism to support healing and personal growth. Psychological measures would be used to evaluate trauma symptoms, self-transcendence, and overall well-being, while the grant writing process fostered connections with relevant organizations.
Study at a glance
| Population | community agents with varying types of trauma |
|---|---|
| Key finding | The proposed program aims to support trauma healing and persistent self-transcendence using music therapy and counseling techniques. |
Abstract
This culminating project focused on grant writing for a transpersonal community music therapy (CoMT) program. The goals of the proposed program were to support community agents, who may have varying types of trauma, in transitioning to various levels of persistent self-transcendence (PST). In the process of fostering PST, this program aimed to heal trauma symptoms using music therapy and/or counseling techniques. Peace activism was incorporated into the CoMT framework to aid in both fostering persistent self-transcendence and healing trauma. Various psychological measures would be utilized to assess trauma symptoms, self-transcendence, and well-being and evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment activities. The grant writing process yielded connections with relevant organizations as well as a realistic direction through which to actualize the proposed program.