PROGRAM

13.00: Start of PhD defense

Welcome and censorship introduction by Moderator Hanne Mette Ochsner Ridder

PhD lecture by Gabriella Rudstam

13.45: Break (15 minutes)

14.00: Questions by the Assessment Committee

Questions from the audience (Please note that all questions must be presented to the defense moderator – email: hmr@ikp.aau.dk - during the 13.45-break at the latest. All questions must be grounded in the thesis content).

16.00 Closing of the official PhD defense

The assessment committee meet to finalise the assessment report and returns to the defense room to present the recommendation.

The defense is followed by a reception.

Trauma-focused Group Music and Imagery with Women Suffering from PTSD or CPTSD – A Randomized Controlled Study

This PhD study aimed to investigate the efficacy of an arts-based psychotherapy method, phase-based trauma-focused Group Music and Imagery (Tf-GrpMI), in the treatment of women suffering from PTSD or CPTSD after being exposed to interpersonal trauma with physical, psychological and/or sexual abuse in childhood and/or adulthood. The findings indicate that Tf-GrpMI is a promising group psychotherapy method for women suffering from PTSD or CPTSD due to interpersonal trauma. However, further studies are warranted to support the results. Read full abstract and download thesis here.