When Our Clients Sing their Blues

Some grievers find it helpful to interact with a grief counselor, someone who is effective in aiding the grieving process. Here, we examine the parallels found between the interactions of grievers with their grief counselors and those of musical blues performers with their audiences. There is a traditional musical/lyrical form known as the blues; there are conventional instrumental musical accompaniments within the blues form; and there are accepted interactive behaviors between blues performers and their audiences. Similar conventions and traditions exist in grief counseling. The wellspring of the traditional blues/blues performance and of grief/grief counseling is the human need for expression

Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Blues · Expression (computer science · Grief · Musical · Parallels · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Visual arts · Art Therapy and Mental Health · Computer Science · Music Therapy and Health · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology · Social Psychology