This paper reports on the findings of a study with 14 music therapists, exploring how they experienced (a) the interface/overlap between their own religious and/or spiritual beliefs and those of their clients; (b) the navigation of this interface/overlap within music therapy practice; and (c) whether/how they used empathy when engaging in this navigation. Four main findings were identified through thematic analysis of in-depth interviews. Firstly, according to these music therapists, spirituality and/or religion frequently play an important role within music therapy sessions. Secondly, these music therapists described cognitive and affective empathic experiences with clients as well as experiences of spiritually resonant empathy and transpersonal empathy. Thirdly, they identified relationships between their own religious and spiritual journeys, their experiences of identifying and/or not identifying with their clients, and their experiences of empathy. Fourthly, the intersections between what they felt they “should” do as music therapists and what they felt they “should” do in light of their religious/spiritual orientations informed their styles of practice and elicited challenges in the therapeutic process which they used particular strategies to navigate.

本文报告了对14位音乐治疗师的研究结果，探讨了他们如何体验（a）他们自己的宗教信仰和/或精神信仰与他们的客户信仰之间的接口/重叠；（b）在音乐治疗实践中该界面/重叠的导航；（c）在进行此导航时，他们是否/如何使用同理心。通过深入访谈的主题分析，确定了四个主要发现。首先，根据这些音乐治疗师的观点，灵性和/或宗教经常在音乐治疗会议中发挥重要作用。其次，这些音乐治疗师描述了与客户的认知和情感移情经历，以及精神共鸣和超个人移情。第三，他们确定了自己的宗教和精神之旅之间的关系，他们与客户识别和/或不认同的经历，以及同理心的经历。第四，他们认为自己应该作为音乐治疗师而做的事情与他们根据宗教/精神取向而认为自己应该做的事情之间的交集，说明了他们的作风，并在他们采用特殊策略的治疗过程中引发了挑战。导航。