{"title":"“Music is considered my skin to skin with her”: Music therapy with parents and their extremely preterm infants in the NICU","authors":"Elisabeth G. Bombell","doi":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102249","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>There is an emerging body of literature focused on parent-infant bonding and parent identity within music therapy during a NICU stay, and limited research on the use of music therapy experiences with families admitted for extreme prematurity. This study aims to identify the experiences of families admitted to the NICU for extreme prematurity and explore the role music therapy plays in their relationship with their infants. Two families that participated in music therapy sessions, were followed throughout their NICU stay and were interviewed about their experiences. Transcripts from the interviews and session notes were analyzed. Two themes emerged from the interviews and session data: making it through the journey, with subthemes emotional rollercoaster, ways of coping, and music as an escape, and redefining role as a parent, with subthemes, the NICU parent, moments of connection, and creating memories.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47590,"journal":{"name":"Arts in Psychotherapy","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 102249"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Arts in Psychotherapy","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197455625000024","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
There is an emerging body of literature focused on parent-infant bonding and parent identity within music therapy during a NICU stay, and limited research on the use of music therapy experiences with families admitted for extreme prematurity. This study aims to identify the experiences of families admitted to the NICU for extreme prematurity and explore the role music therapy plays in their relationship with their infants. Two families that participated in music therapy sessions, were followed throughout their NICU stay and were interviewed about their experiences. Transcripts from the interviews and session notes were analyzed. Two themes emerged from the interviews and session data: making it through the journey, with subthemes emotional rollercoaster, ways of coping, and music as an escape, and redefining role as a parent, with subthemes, the NICU parent, moments of connection, and creating memories.
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The Arts in Psychotherapy is a dynamic, contemporary journal publishing evidence-based research, expert opinion, theoretical positions, and case material on a wide range of topics intersecting the fields of mental health and creative arts therapies. It is an international peer-reviewed journal publishing 5 issues annually. Papers are welcomed from researchers and practitioners in the fields of art, dance/movement, drama, music, and poetry psychotherapy, as well as expressive and creative arts therapy, neuroscience, psychiatry, education, allied health, and psychology that aim to engage high level theoretical concepts with the rigor of professional practice. The journal welcomes contributions that present new and emergent knowledge about the role of the arts in healthcare, and engage a critical discourse relevant to an international readership that can inform the development of new services and the refinement of existing policies and practices. There is no restriction on research methods and review papers are welcome. From time to time the journal publishes special issues on topics warranting a distinctive focus relevant to the stated goals and scope of the publication.