Lesley University DigitalCommons@Lesley Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses (GSASS) Spring 5-16-2020 Lyric Analysis and Songwriting with Adolescent’s Processing Complex Trauma Peyton Mayzel Lesley University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/expressive_theses Part of the Clinical Psychology Commons, and the Music Therapy Commons Recommended Citation Mayzel, Peyton, "Lyric Analysis and Songwriting with Adolescent’s Processing Complex Trauma" (2020). Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses. 254. https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/expressive_theses/254 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences (GSASS) at DigitalCommons@Lesley. It has been accepted for inclusion in Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Lesley. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. 1 Running Head: ARC MODEL AND ROMT, LYRIC ANALYSIS AND SONGWRITING Lyric Analysis and Songwriting with Adolescent’s Processing Complex Trauma Capstone Thesis Option #1 Lesley University 04/20/2020 Peyton Mayzel Music Therapy Tim Reagan, PhD ARC MODEL AND ROMT, LYRIC ANALYSIS AND SONGWRITING 2 Abstract This study examines how lyric analysis and songwriting can aid adolescents processing complex developmental traumas. The use of music, lyric analysis, and songwriting can provide a space for adolescents to express themselves and process their struggles they have encountered in their lives. Music, lyric analysis, and songwriting can also be used as a way for adolescents to build their self-identity and help them to make important life decisions. These concepts are all related to the attachment, self-regulation, and competency (ARC) model created by Blaustein & Kinniburgh in 2005.