Abstract
In this paper, I would like to share some of my thoughts about work with depression and how aspects of loss are linked with depressive states. I will show how, through the use of music, patients stuck in the depths of a painful depression are able to begin to express feelings through an experience in music, and how this gives them access to feelings that can then be articulated in words. My theoretical basis for understanding depression comes from the field of psychoanalysis.
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