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If it was not for a team of forward thinking professionals who have an enthusiasm for innovation and the passion to guide others on a unique and profound path toward self discovery and healing, the development of the Catharsis Application Program methodology would have remained a mere vision. We have had the honor and privilege to work with senior professionals over more than 40 years who are part of a great chain of innovative and passionate human researchers. Their lives have been dedicated to the service of an evolutionary ideal for healing emotional wounds through music and art and embracing the uniqueness of each individual. Dr. Alain Amouyal, Ms. Chantal Desmoulins and their collaborators have conducted extensive qualitative research based on the description, analysis, and interpretation of observed phenomena associating the music of Catharsis Technique with expressive drawing. Clinical research and results have applied the Catharsis Application Program (CAP) and Technique with adult men, women, children, adolescents, the elderly; those experiencing traumatic stress, Alzheimer’s, spatial disorders, behavioral difficulties, depression; or psychiatric or psychological challenges, and with many other. This research testifies to the special impact the unique music of the Catharsis Application Program (CAP) has on emotional release and rebalancing of the emotional psyche.

See how Anna-Maria, 55 years old, rebuilt herself by becoming aware of multiple traumatic life events experienced during her childhood

Anna Maria's has been a psychologist for over 30 years. Her entire journey as a therapist was built on the vital need to repair the childhood traumas she experienced and which she was never able to integrate as a child. Adopting a lifestyle filled with constant frantic activity, she became hyperactive, hypervigilant and believing “everything” was under control. While passing from one unfinished project to another at the whim of impulses, the majority of these unrealistic expectations became a source of failure and contributed to a deteriorating self-image. She believed that by taking care of others, she could rebuild the past that left her with a deplorable image of herself. She never allowed herself to take the time to consider her emotional lability, her fragmented schedule and “radical” decision making, her impulsive behavior punctuated by desire and angry outbursts or, on the contrary, depression after each repeated failure. When she started the CAP sessions, she was feeling hopeless, discouraged and was unable to imagine a life filled with joy and optimism. Gradually and gently the CAP process helped her to cope with her own fragility when forgotten memories and repressed emotions emerged and gave her the ability to examine the pieces of her life story with compassion. It allowed her, for the first time in her life, to put image and words to her own suffering. Today Anne-Marie has succeeded in finding serenity. She has regained her integrity, rebuilt emotional balance and maintains healthy relationships. Over time Anne-Marie has worked towards establishing realistic goals and is restoring day by day, a positive image of herself. She was able to discuss her feeling about her childhood with her mother and stopped blaming her for her life choices. This was not only a powerful release for herself but also for her mother bring peace to their relationship as adults.

HENRIETTE, 87 Years old Dementia/Alzheimer's disease

See how Henriette was able to mourn the loss of all the loved ones she lost throughout her life and find peace.

Henriette, 87 years old, with Alzheimer disease is living in a retirement home. She is designated as the "locomotive of the group” by the psychologist. She is perceived by the medical staff as energetic but disruptive. She gives orders, assigns seating, and reprimands others with a shrill voice. On a daily basis, this behavior is a source of conflict with other residents, as well as with the staff. However, everyone appreciates this endearing lady, who gives attention to the others like a military general directing his troops! Because of this impulsive personality, the staff has been surprised that she has not exhibited any impatience during the CAP sessions, but instead shows a great determination to be present during the process. In the unit, her behavior is coupled to her grieving process. She alternates between periods of calm, where her demeanor softens, to one in which her behavior is dominating and aggressive. Over the years Henriette had lost many loved ones and recently she endured the loss of her husband and daughter. Although she did not remember she nevertheless would ask the staff, twice a day, to go to the cemetery. Each day, she would rediscover the death of her two loved ones. She could not stop crying and her daily suffering was difficult to bear for the staff who do not know how to console her. After CAP, her comment was very simple: "I thank you all for the peace you brought to me" and she hands to the CAP facilitator a small scarf she knitted herself! The main point about Henriette is the way she invested in the CAP sessions and lived her mourning process in total security. It was as if the framework of the CAP sessions was a place of prayer. She felt safe and listened enough to tell others about her loss. In connection with her grief, which was accelerated after years of repression, it was easier for the staff to understand her aggressiveness. Because of this, the health care teams changed their outlook and the way they supported her. It was very beneficial for everybody. Even though Henriette’s aggressiveness was a challenge for the staff and residents, after talking with the patient care team, her geriatrician chose not to medicate her. He understood that she was mourning and decided to allow her more time to process the grief. Henriette was given the opportunity to fully experience the stages of her grief. The medication would have managed her moods but could have been detrimental to her overall wellbeing and recovery.

See how Anna-Maria, 55 years old, rebuilt herself by becoming aware of multiple traumatic life events experienced during her childhood

The context is a post-treatment neuropsychiatric clinic that welcomes about forty women for a stay lasting a few weeks. It is essentially a place of rest and convalescence with a psychiatric and psychotherapeutic supervision for those who so desire. Dr. Duclaud, in order to create a homogenous group, only selected neurotic women with hysterical tendancies. In order to better define the effects the most directly imputable to the sessions of musical induction, the twelve patients selected by the director-doctor were divided up into an experimental group and two witness groups that served as a basis for statistic analysis of the results. All the cases that underwent experimentation show that a modification occured and certain present a real path to awakening of the consciousness. Lucienne is hospitalized for depressive syndrome with adynamia (very intense fatigue with general exhaustion of the body). She has suffered many traumas since childhood (physical and verbal abuse) that she has never really treated and is entering a phase of her life where she questions everything. CAP allowed her to gently explore the painful areas of her past for a spectacular reconstruction, and an exit from the depressive state. She regained energy and a new life project after she was discharged from the hospital.

“Life is an open book that man writes. My life is an open book about the future... a lot of blank pages to fill, other than with black ink. I want to live! in color!”

I was able to express myself outside of words, outside of others, to yell, to scream, to be happy and to feel all of that. I was able to speak to myself in total security (even if it was painful).

To review other sampling of outcomes download our paper Clinical Results and Methodology by Ms. Chantal Desmoulins of The Orpheus Institute, summarizing the outcomes in working with emotional healing using CAP. We are also happy to provide additional empirical research at your request. Contact Us

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