ともにいればいるほど、我々は幸せである:ジンバブエのメンタルヘルスにおけるピア・ミュージック より一緒に、より幸せに:ジンバブエの精神保健治療における、仲間どうしでの音楽

著者

  • Jeffrey Robert Angell
  • Ruth Verhey The Friendship Bench Project

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v15i3.837

キーワード:

ジンバブエ、アフリカ

要旨

Ruth Verheyは、ジンバブエのHarareで、メンタルヘルスケア主導を基盤とする包括的グループ「なかまのベンチ[Friendship Bench]」の発展と運営に携わる臨床心理士である。2013年、彼女はニューヨーク市から音楽療法士のJeffrey Angellを招聘し、Harare病院において毎週行われるZeebagサポートグループを設立した。Zeebagグループはうつを患う8人の女性で構成されている。このエッセイは、Jeffreyがその経験を一人称で述べると同時に、音楽や音楽プロセスについて、またこれらがいかにしてFriendship Benchのピア・エンパワメント・モデルに統合されていったかについて報告する。

Author Biographies

Jeffrey Robert Angell

After graduating with a Masters of Arts in Music Therapy from New York University in 2012, Jeffrey Angell worked as a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist in an in-patient psychiatry unit at King’s County Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, where he led hip-hop, songwriting, drumming, sing-a-long, and improvisatory music therapy groups. He also supervised NYU music therapy masters students committed to psychiatric clinical internships. For two weeks in 2013, he lectured on music therapy to students and faculty at the University of Zimbabwe, conducted clinical sessions at clinics throughout Harare, and was the guest speaker at a local therapist supervision group. Jeff was the music facilitator at Project Common Bond in 2014, a summer symposium for international adolescents who lost family members to acts of terrorism, violent extremism, or war. Jeff returned to Africa in August 2015, this time to Yaoundé, Cameroon where he moved with his wife while she helps to advise an HIV Impact Assessment with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Jeff continues his journey as an international music therapist, as a student of music, culture, and healing.  Jeff also enjoys performing, recording, and teaching as a bassist and guitarist.

Ruth Verhey, The Friendship Bench Project

Ruth is a clinical psychologist who is involved in all the components of the Friendship Bench.She works with the Zee bag participants offering psychological support and direction. She is involved in developing the intervention, the manual and training for the lay health workers.She is also an outstanding baker and has ensured all the team have been well fed throughout the course of the project.

出版済

2015-11-09

How to Cite

Angell, J. R., & Verhey, R. (2015). ともにいればいるほど、我々は幸せである:ジンバブエのメンタルヘルスにおけるピア・ミュージック より一緒に、より幸せに:ジンバブエの精神保健治療における、仲間どうしでの音楽. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 15(3). https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v15i3.837

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Invited Submission - Special Issue