Humor, creatrivity and reframing through the use of therapeutic songs

Journal title TERAPIA FAMILIARE
Author/s Christophe Panichelli
Publishing Year 2025 Issue 2025/137
Language Italian Pages 14 P. 41-54 File size 158 KB
DOI 10.3280/TF2025-137003
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In this article, the author explores various therapeutic tools designed to help patients reconnect with their creativity in order to find a more satisfying solution to their dilemma. The power of the therapist’s humor is analyzed, which - together with the use of systemic storytelling – allows the therapist to use their own creativity into the therapeutic system, with the aim of offering clients a greater sense of freedom and hope. When the systemic narrative is integrated into the lyrics of a well-known song rewritten with sensitivity and humor around the patient’s core issue, the therapist creates a playful and festive atmosphere that also encourages the patient to challenge and change their self-destructive patterns. Two individual clinical cases are presented and discussed, with particular focus on maintaining the therapeutic alliance and balancing the potential risks and rewards of this method.

Keywords: Humor, reframing, creativity, systemic storytelling, song, therapeutic alliance.

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Christophe Panichelli, Umorismo, creatività e rielaborazione attraverso il canto in "TERAPIA FAMILIARE" 137/2025, pp 41-54, DOI: 10.3280/TF2025-137003