Tells a story about the possibilities of healing childhood trauma-even wounds that occurred before the development of language-within the shelter of a prolonged, silent Vipassana meditation retreat. The book reveals how one's life can be transformed through a combination of psychotherapy and dedicated meditation practice.

A Silent Cure: Transforming Pre-Verbal Trauma Through Meditation

Clarkson, Ginger

Virginia D Clarkson

This remarkable book describes the progression of three nonverbal autistic music therapy clients from a state of inward frustration and an inability to communicate it towards a liberating ability to express, through Facilitated Communication, the thoughts and feelings stimulated by hearing and playing music.
Ginger Clarkson's method of music therapy involves creating a 'journey' out of hearing a piece of music. Her clients, Jerry, Scott and Twyla are encouraged to create expressive 'dream' images using music as a catalyst and are able to overcome spoken language difficulties by using a computer keyboard as a medium for communication. Through these detailed case studies, I Dreamed I was Normal demonstrates how the Nordoff Robbins and Helen Bonny methods of music therapy can be adapted successfully for use as an intervention for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).
This book is a valuable addition to the literature on both music therapy and therapies for autism for families of people with ASDs and professionals working with them, music therapists and students in the field.

I Dreamed I Was Normal: A Music Therapist's Journey into the Realms of Autism

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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A Silent Cure: Transforming Pre-Verbal Trauma Through Meditation

I Dreamed I Was Normal: A Music Therapist's Journey into the Realms of Autism