WHY WE DEVELOP PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFENCES | JOHN BOWLBY | DOUBLE DEPRIVATION | GRAHAM MUSIC

Here, Jane O'Rourke interviews Graham Music, a child, adolescent and adult psychotherapist with a passion for neurobiology, psychoanalysis, attachment theory, body states and mindfulness. He explains why the term 'defences' might not be useful, the evolutionary benefits of defences and the role of defences in depriving us of good experiences, (or 'double deprivation' as described by Gianna Williams who you can also see on MINDinMIND)

Dr Graham Music is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist at the Tavistock Centre where he has worked for over 20 years. He has also been an adult Psychotherapist for over 30 years.
Formerly Associate Clinical Director of the Tavistock Clinic’s Child and Family Department, he has developed many innovative programs, including setting up therapy teams in over 40 schools. He has also developed and managed a range of services working with the aftermath of child maltreatment and neglect, and initiated many community based psychotherapy services designed to ensure access to disenfranchised communities.
He currently works at the Portman Clinic as a forensic psychotherapist and his clinical specialty for decades has been working with trauma.
At the Tavistock he developed a brand new model of working therapeutically with children (M34) as well as introducing Mindfulness, Compassion Focussed Therapy, Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy FT, and a range of other trainings into the Trust.
He supervises and teaches nationally and internationally and has a particular interest in linking cutting-edge developmental findings with therapeutic practice

MINDinMIND features interviews with the world’s leading clinicians working in child mental health sharing what they know about what best helps children.