MUSIC THERAPY EXPERIENCE OUTLINE

Name: James Brown

Title: You’re the DJ!
Type of facility in Palliative care
which you used this
experience
Type of Music ☐ Re-Creative
Therapy Experience: ☐ Improvisational
☐ Compositional
☐ Receptive
Population(s): ☐ Children
☐ Adolescents
☐ Adults
☐ Older Adults
Modality(ies): ☐ Individual
☐ Dyadic
☐ Group
☐ Community
Type of session ☐ In-person
☐ Online
Sample Goals: ● To increase emotional expression/self-expression
● To increase autonomy
Materials: ● Music playing device (iPad/computer with Spotify/YouTube access, CD
player,iPod, Bluetooth speaker, etc.)
Procedures: 1. The music therapist will invite the client to become the “D.J.” and to
share whichever song speaks to them in the present moment.
2. The client will play their preferred music (through whichever means
are most accessible in the music therapy space).
3. After each song, the music therapist will first ask “what about that
song spoke to you today” as a starting point for verbal discussions
exploring the client’s mood, thoughts, sensations, etc.
4. When the client is done sharing music, or the session has concluded,
the music therapist will acknowledge the client’s successful role being
D.J.
Source:
James Brown