La musicoterapia como herramienta para el aumento de la autoestima en personas sin hogar

The dissertation developped in the following lines is a theorical and practical investigation on music therapy, based on a naturalistic mixed case study. The case study has been carried out during 14 sessions; nine of them being group sessions and five of them individual with a unique user who won on risk of suffering social exclusion for being a PSH (homeless).  This work can be divided into three parts: theoretical background, empirical framework and conclusions. In the theoretical framework here is an introduction to music therapy, to social exclusion and to this discipline applied to this group. The empirical framework includes information about the centre, and all to needed data related to the music therapeutical process of the user. This study has been corried out through the “Escala Gentcat de Calidad de Vida” and have been easured through the observation of changes in the way emotions are expressed, in the music interventions of the user, its active participation, attention and adaptation to the rhythm and leading the way. In the last part, in the results, it can be observed how music therapy intervention on homeless has been beneficial for the increasing of the user’s self confidence, as well on for other aspects.