ABSTRACT:
This research aims to investigate the use of Multi-family Music Therapy Group (MMG) with socially vulnerable families. This is an intervention research carried out in an Administrative Region in the Federal District of Brazil. The study included 30 families enrolled in the Federal Government's Single Registry and assisted at the Social Assistance Reference Center. The data collection instruments were: home visits, semi-structured interviews, and records of meetings and supervisions. The MMG was carried out in six meetings, lasting three hours each, every two weeks, interspersed with the supervision of the team, which was formed by 15 professionals from the fields of psychology, pedagogy, social assistance, and music therapy. After the thematic analysis, two themes were identified: 1) music, affections, and reminiscences; and 2) music and dreams. It was noticed that the musical experiences helped the families in the awareness of violent forms of communication and in the transformation through expressions of affection mediated by music and its potential to evoke memories and dreams. The families imaginative capacity was a strategy to face adversities and constitutes a bridge between the real and the imaginary, nurturing the hope of a better life. The value of music is highlighted, which quickly and emotionally accesses and communicates with that audience, favoring community music therapy interventions.
Keywords:
Music therapy; family relations; vulnerability