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Dr Stephanie Thompson Music Therapy is an evidence-based intervention. It is undertaken by a qualified music therapist who seeks through the planned use of creative music to facilitate positive changes in the psychological, physical, cognitive, or social functioning of individuals with health or emotional problems. • To understand the quality of the experience of music therapy for women with breast cancer. Mixed method design: embed qualitative component within a quantitative study Pre and Post test design: 17 patients were allocated to a music therapy group. 4 groups, 3-5 people in each. No one withdrew from the study. Patients will received weekly group music therapy sessions over 6 weeks lasting for 60 minutes. 1 hour focus groups were conducted on completion of the interventions. Song choice/song singing Improvisations Original songs (songwriting) Focus groups - post intervention Decision Tree Therapist’s notes Therapist’s diary entries Analysis: Descriptive Phenomenology Music Therapy Songwriting Improvisation Music listening Music and imagery Song singing Music listening and visualisation Psychotherapeutic Solution Oriented Brief Therapy Client Centred Therapy Psychodynamic Therapy ‘there is nothing in the nature of the phenomenological approach that confines it to isolated practice’ Spiegelberg (1975, p. 25) Bradley Jones, Sambrook & Irvine (2009) conclude that phenomenology and focus groups are advantageous because they: Generate discussion Provide cross checking and clarification Validate points Enrich the data through interaction Provide opportunities to hear other peoples stories, and participants can add their own perspective Offer time for reflection while others are speaking, prior to adding their own contribution Individual essences can still be preserved within the group Bradley Jones, C., Sambrook, S, & Irvine, F. (2009). The phenomenological focus group: and oxymoron? Journal of Advanced Nursing, 1, 663-670. transcripts were read many times to capture the tenor and experience significant phrases and sentences were highlighted meaning units from each participant’s transcript were formulated individual essences for each participant were generated from a distillation of their corresponding meaning units member checking of the distilled essences for verification transcripts for each group were re-read and a horizonal distillation process for each group took place. This involved identifying similar meaning units which were common across the group and forming composite categories a second verification process took place whereby the underlined transcripts, meaning units and distilled essences were sent to another researcher for verification Grocke and Forniash (2007) Verification was received from 12 of the women 1 woman had moved 1 woman had died Eager to tell me what was happening for them, and how they were Music was heard and appreciated differently The sessions allowed reflection Playing the chord harp was a voyage of discovery Songwriting, listening to songs and singing were very moving experiences Confusion over the questionnaires Challenging moments Not enough time and there were too few people Sharing experiences The feeling endured Appreciation of the music therapist It was a special space The sessions allowed reflection Wanting To Join a Choir The Need to Discuss the Effects of Treatment Silence of Breast Cancer The Impact on Others of the Diagnosis Seeing the Funny Side It was a Dual Process Coping with Many Things Travelling Similar but Different Paths “…this is one little part of our lives and yet qualitatively it’s a lovely part. When you are doing all sorts of other things, both medically and other, it can be very significant; I don’t know the measures will tell you that. It’s a very different experience to any of the other experiences this breast cancer thing has brought upon me. It does feel sustaining; it does feel it’s added something to my life. It’s given me as awareness of my own feelings and other people’s feelings; it’s given me a group experience which I’ve enjoyed.”