Ismaee il Musika - Listen to the Music

Authors

  • Annette Marie Whitehead-Pleaux Shriners Hospitals for Children-Boston

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v9i3.49

Abstract

This case illuminates my journey through countertransference with an Iraqi family I worked with at a pediatric hospital. By reexamining the foundations of Person Centered Therapy, I was able to set aside my feelings and then finally connect deeply to the child and the aunt.  Using music therapy interventions that mainly focused on music listening, both live and recorded, the child and aunt were able to connect to their culture and recover emotionally and physically from a devastating injury.

Author Biography

Annette Marie Whitehead-Pleaux, Shriners Hospitals for Children-Boston

Having worked in music therapy for over fifteen years, Annette Whitehead-Pleaux currently works with pediatric burn patients at Shriners Burns Hospital-Boston.  There she provides clinical services that focus on pain management, anxiety management, reduction in trauma symptoms, body image, improving fine and gross motor skills, and quality of life issues.  In addition to her clinical work, Annette conducts clinical research on the effects of music therapy on pain.  In 2003, she was awarded the Arthur Flagler Fultz Research Grant Award for her research on the effects of music therapy on pain and anxiety of pediatric patients undergoing medical procedures.  Prior to working with pediatric burn patients, she worked with children, adults, and geriatric individuals diagnosed with mental illness.  Additionally, she has worked with children in special education classrooms and women and children at a domestic violence program.  She has served the New England Region and AMTA since 1997 as Assembly Delegate, Alternate Assembly Delegate, national chair of the Standards of Clinical Practice Committee, and NER Representative to the Research Committee.  In 2003, Annette was named one of Thirty Extraordinary Bostonians by the Boston Event Guide.  She was awarded the 2004 President’s Achievement Award by the New England Region for her work on the Rhode Island Night Club Fire Project.   She has a passion for knitting and being a mom.

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Published

2009-10-21

How to Cite

Whitehead-Pleaux, A. M. (2009). Ismaee il Musika - Listen to the Music. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v9i3.49

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 3 (2009)

Section

Perspectives on Practice

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