Time in Between
Music Therapy with Adolescent Girls in a Safehouse in Kingston, Jamaica
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v21i2.3064Parole chiave:
music therapy, Jamaica, trauma, resilience, mental health, culture, adolescent girls, developmental disabilities, sex trafficking, interdisciplinary workAbstract
Tempo intermedio: musicoterapia con ragazze adolescenti in un rifugio a Kingston, in Giamaica
Abstract
Il Molloy College, un college privato di arti liberali a New York fondato dalle suore domenicane di Amityville, ha collaborato con PRN (Physicians, Residents, Nurses) Relief International e le suore domenicane in Giamaica per organizzare un viaggio di servizio due volte all'anno, fornendo cure primarie logopedia, assistenza psichiatrica-mentale ed equipe medico/chirurgiche nella Giamaica rurale e urbana. Durante i viaggi di una settimana, il personale medico e i logopedisti si spostano in teams da una clinica all'altra, mentre i professionisti della salute mentale, insieme a ostetriche e infermieri psichiatrici lavorano esclusivamente con i residenti e il personale dell'Homestead Place of Safety a Stony Hill, St. Andrew, nella periferia nord di Kingston, Giamaica. La struttura statale, istituita come una casa lontano da casa, ospita ragazze di età compresa tra 12 e 18 anni che hanno subito abbandono o abusi, vittimizzazione e aggressioni sessuali, o altro in conflitto con la legge. I servizi di musicoterapia sono stati inclusi per la prima volta come parte del team di salute mentale nell'ottobre 2016, e hanno fornito uno sbocco per l'espressione di sé, un'opportunità per promuovere la resilienza, un rafforzato senso di comunità e una risposta di supporto al trauma. Negli anni passati, il team di salute mentale ha scoperto che le ragazze si dedicavano liberamente a sbocchi creativi come l'arte [terapia], e che la musica era parte integrante della loro cultura e della loro routine quotidiana. La musicoterapia è stata quindi raccomandata per aiutare a normalizzare il processo terapeutico, aumentare il coinvolgimento e sviluppare un rapporto di terapia.
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