Composing Recovery: Music as a Tool for Story, Identity, and Change

July 24, 20269:45am - 11:00am
Composing Recovery: Music as a Tool for Story, Identity, and Change

Using a narrative and trauma-informed approach, this session explores how music can support reflection, identity, and recovery processes. Through personal lived-experience storytelling and guided listening, participants will examine how songs and lyrics can be used to externalize internal experiences, making them more accessible for exploration and dialogue. Together, these elements highlight how narrative construction shapes recovery, leveraging music as a practical tool to foster insight, connection, and change.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify how narrative construction influences recovery processes, including identity, agency, and behavioral patterns.
  • Interpret lived-experience narratives without imposing assumptions, supporting person-centered meaning rather than clinician-imposed framing.

Session Track

  • Recovery & Lived Experience

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