Proposal Title
Direct Your Inner Critic Chorus
Abstract
This workshop concept was borne out of an experiential during the presenters’ first Clinical Musicianship class. Each student was asked to create a musical representation of their own “inner critic”. One of us asked the group to stand in a circle, and then directed each classmate to voice a specific part of the leader’s own negative self-talk. The “chorus” evolved until the leader was satisfied that we were all representing her inner critic. The course instructor then asked how we could modify the message in order to support our classmate and reduce the power of the inner critic. This exercise created connections among classmates, and we quickly realized that this activity could become a powerful tool for therapy and across other disciplines. The concept of giving voice to inner doubts in order to name and counter them could be useful across expressive arts therapies, but also in education, counseling and other helping disciplines. In this workshop we will invite volunteers to give voice to their own inner critics - through shared expression, utilizing spoken word, song and/or movement as they deem appropriate- and to explore this technique as a means for building self-confidence and resilience for themselves and for future students or clients. The three presenters, though all music therapy master’s candidates, bring different levels of experience: one is a second-year student, one is a first-year student new to the field, and the third is also a first-year student, but is already a certified music therapist.
Start Date
27-3-2019 5:40 PM
End Date
27-3-2019 6:30 PM
Room Number
U-Hall 3-098
Presentation Type
Workshop
Disciplines
Counselor Education | Movement and Mind-Body Therapies | Music Therapy | Other Arts and Humanities | Other Education | Other Mental and Social Health | Other Music | Other Psychology
Direct Your Inner Critic Chorus
This workshop concept was borne out of an experiential during the presenters’ first Clinical Musicianship class. Each student was asked to create a musical representation of their own “inner critic”. One of us asked the group to stand in a circle, and then directed each classmate to voice a specific part of the leader’s own negative self-talk. The “chorus” evolved until the leader was satisfied that we were all representing her inner critic. The course instructor then asked how we could modify the message in order to support our classmate and reduce the power of the inner critic. This exercise created connections among classmates, and we quickly realized that this activity could become a powerful tool for therapy and across other disciplines. The concept of giving voice to inner doubts in order to name and counter them could be useful across expressive arts therapies, but also in education, counseling and other helping disciplines. In this workshop we will invite volunteers to give voice to their own inner critics - through shared expression, utilizing spoken word, song and/or movement as they deem appropriate- and to explore this technique as a means for building self-confidence and resilience for themselves and for future students or clients. The three presenters, though all music therapy master’s candidates, bring different levels of experience: one is a second-year student, one is a first-year student new to the field, and the third is also a first-year student, but is already a certified music therapist.
