Development of a music-therapeutic reference system that should contribute to the establishment of a creative way of life for a sufferer of CED. Therefore an overview of the clinical picture, the medical aetiology, the living situation of a CED sufferer and the general psychological and music-therapeutic research is obtained. The basics here are the bio-psycho-social model, the salutogenesis and the Gestalt therapy with its awareness-excitement contact cycle. The psycho-social treatment and support comprise the containment, coping with stress, strengthening resilience by stimulating resources, development of coping strategies, encouraging compliance and the treatment of of pain without medicine

The author (b.1950) has been suffering from IBD for 35 years. Searching for an effective remedy in the early 1980s, he was exposed to Gestalt therapy and came into contact with music therapy. Until 2001 he was a teacher, educationalist and Head of Department for music in a Gesamtschule in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Following education at the Institute for Gestalt Therapy and Gestalt Education from 1991 to1995 he qualified in Music Gestalt Therapy. From 1995 he was in general practice in music gestalt therapy as a consultant and leader of workshops and seminars including; “Bundeskongress Schulpsychologie 2000” Arbeitskreis für Schulmusik (AfS) Institut für ganzheitliche Seelsorge und Beratung Geislingen (IGS) Odenwaldinstitut. Member of the Deutschen Morbus Crohn und Colitis Vereinigung (DCCV), and co-founder of the AK Komplementärmedizin. Leader or contributor at workshops and seminars such as doctor-patient seminars and various self-help groups. Training of other therapists at HIGW Hamburg. Further education in GIM level I & II (Guided Imagery and Music) with Stephanie Merritt and Sound Massage according to Peter Hess. In 2014 he attained an MA at the Hochschule Magdeburg. FB Sozial- und Gesundheitswesen: Methoden musiktherapeutischer Forschung und Praxis. Education in Musik-imaginativer Schmerzbehandlung (Entrainment).