Musicotherapy

Dunkelziffer in Hamburg has since 1998 offered abused children music-therapy. This musical care is aimed to help the children work through their traumatic experiences and give them courage to face life once more. Two music therapists of the Hamburg University for Music & Theatre are at present taking care of eight children in weekly individual sessions. The therapy is free of charge for the children.

Child therapy

The child-psychotherapy is conducted by experienced and professionally-recognised therapists. The aim of the therapy is to create a secure, trusting relationship between the young victims and the therapist. In this way the young girls and boys learn to differentiate between good and evil, right and wrong, and develop trust in their surroundings. At present there are 14 children in therapy and - unfortunately - still more on the waiting-list. This therapy is also free of charge for the children. We hope very much, through help from our sponsors, to be able soon to finance further therapy-places.