A Safe Home for Everyone provides a children's support group twice a month for the young survivors of domestic violence. A licensed music therapist conducts these sessions.
Music therapy is an evidence-based and cost-effective treatment for survivors of domestic violence. It provides an opportunity for survivors of domestic violence to express their feelings in a non-verbal way and assists them in their healing process. The therapist works with the children's support group on goals such as increasing self-esteem, increasing appropriate boundaries, learning about the cycle of violence, increasing emotional expression, as well as other individualized goals.
Some of the music therapy interventions include:
- improvisation
- songwriting
- song discussion/lyric analysis
- movement-to-music
- music-based relaxation
"Peace Begins At Home" was written by clients in the children's support group and played at the candlelight vigil for the National Crime Victim's Right Week at the Ashe County Courthouse in 2008.
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