The article puts forward a case for using music therapy with handicapped people in a way which allows them to overcome the difficulties they have in expressing their needs. The idea of therapy with the mentally ill being more profound in nature than with the mentally handicapped, is discussed and argued against.
The article pursues this theme by considering the relationship between what a handicapped person first presents in the therapy session and what is beneath. The aim of music therapy is therefore to reach those aspects lying beneath the surface. A brief case study is given in order to further illustrate these ideas.
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