The Sound of Lost Homes – Introducing the COVER Model – Theoretical Framework and Practical Insight into Music Therapy With Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Tina Mallon; Monika Hoog Antink

doi:10.15845/voices.v21i2.3124

Autor/innen

Tina Mallon Department of Primary Medical Care, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Monika Hoog Antink Musiktherapie-Initiative e.V., Hamburg, Germany

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https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v21i2.3124

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refugees, asylum seekers, early therapeutic intervention, COVER model, natural living environment, trauma-informed approach

Abstract

Der Klang der verlassenen Heimat - Einführung in das COVER-Modell - Theoretischer Rahmen und praktischer Einblick in die Musiktherapie mit Flüchtlingen und Asylbewerbern

Abstract

Aufgrund ihrer schwierigen Situation stellt die Arbeit mit Flüchtlingen oft eine Herausforderung dar. Dennoch zeigt sich Musiktherapie eine geeignete Methode zur frühen therapeutischen Intervention. Die Autor:innen stellen das COVER-Modell als kontextorientiertes Klassifikationsmodell für musiktherapeutische Arbeit mit Flüchtlingen vor. Es basiert auf praktischen musiktherapeutischen Erfahrungen mit einem traumatherapeutischen Ansatz mit Flüchtlingen in Deutschland. Das COVER-Modell kann als Leitfaden für Musiktherapeuten dienen, die mit Flüchtlingen in unsicheren Verhältnissen arbeiten. Es wendet musiktherapeutische Interventionen direkt auf das natürliche Lebensumfeld von Flüchtlingen an und ermöglicht frühzeitige Interventionen, die sowohl für die psychische Gesundheit von Flüchtlingen und auch für die Musiktherapeut:innen, die in diesem Bereich arbeiten, von entscheidendem Nutzen sein können.

Autor/innen-Biografien

Tina Mallon, Department of Primary Medical Care, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Tina Mallon, music therapist M.A. has studied psychology and musical education in Erfurt and music therapy in Hamburg, Germany. She is one of the founding members of the Musiktherapie-Initiative e.V. Since 2013, she has been working with refugees and traumatized children. She is also a research scientist working at the Department of Primary Care at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.

Monika Hoog Antink, Musiktherapie-Initiative e.V., Hamburg, Germany

Monika T. Hoog Antink studied creative therapy with special focus in music in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, followed by a master’s degree in music therapy in Hamburg, Germany. She works with children with severe to profound disabilities, in palliative care and dementia care. Currently, she is involved in a research project on how to develop music therapeutic research methods for children with severe to profound disabilities.

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The Sound of Lost Homes – Introducing the COVER Model – Theoretical Framework and Practical Insight into Music Therapy With Refugees and Asylum Seekers

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Tina Mallon, Department of Primary Medical Care, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Monika Hoog Antink, Musiktherapie-Initiative e.V., Hamburg, Germany

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