Clinical psychology in the new century aims to achieve psychological well-being. In recent decades, several scientific models explaining well-being have been developed, traceable to two major basic conceptions of well-being: hedonic and eudaimonic. One of the most relevant was developed by Carol Ryff (1989) and recognizes that well-being is not a simple phenomenon, but results from optimal psychological functioning across six distinct dimensions. From a clinical point of view, Ryff’s model has found several applications. The Well-being Therapy protocol integrates Ryff’s multidimensional conception into a cognitive-behavioral therapeutic framework oriented towards optimizing psychological functioning.
In parallel, in the field of Music Therapy, tools have been developed aimed at the psychological growth of the human being through self-exploration, self-understanding, experimentation, and the strengthening of their own psycho-physical resources. Helping the patient to explore and gain awareness from within their own emotions, insight, is perhaps the first and deepest objective that a music therapist sets for themselves. Since insight is the axis around which techniques like Well-being Therapy aim to achieve greater psychological well-being, it is intuitive to assume that an intersection with Music Therapy could significantly increase the scope of these techniques.
This is the introduction to Albert Asero’s Master’s thesis, a student of ISEP’s Master in Music Therapy. His objective is precisely to propose a possible intersection between the cognitive-behavioral protocol Well-being Therapy and the insight technique through musical audition in a dream-like state proposed by Guided Imagery and Music (GIM).
Download the thesis Music Therapy in the Well-Being Therapy protocol.