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Musical Relationship Metaphors: Using A Musical Chronology and the Emerging Life Song With Couples

Thelma Duffey

University of Texas at San Antonio, tduffey{at}satx.rr.com

Catherine Somody

University of Texas at San Antonio

Daniel Eckstein

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

The authors use the metaphor of music for helping couples identify and describe formulative events in their relationship. A seven-step process for creating a couple's musical chronology is suggested. Couples link their relational history to specific music, a process that encourages them to deepen their connection and rekindle feelings that once brought them together. Other relationship metaphors are identified. Applications of musical metaphors as a creative problem-solving process conclude the article.

Key Words: musical metaphors • music and relationships • couples problem solving • metaphors for couples • A Musical Chronology

The Family Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2, 151-155 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1066480709332714
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