The Noise Within Tinnitus: A practical exploration of Dramatherapy techniques used in the psychological treatment of acute anxiety, triggered by the onset of Tinnitus

26isfam011 10.3205/26isfam011 urn:nbn:de:0183-26isfam0112 Meeting Abstract The Noise Within Tinnitus: A practical exploration of Dramatherapy techniques used in the psychological treatment of acute anxiety, triggered by the onset of Tinnitus Mullen Mullen Julianne J

Mark Williams Tinnitus Care

author German Medical Science GMS Publishing House

Düsseldorf

610 20260612 engl This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Dieser Artikel ist ein Open-Access-Artikel und steht unter den Lizenzbedingungen der Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (Namensnennung). M0652 011 International Society for Arts and Medicine The Healing Arts – Forging Alliances of Arts & Medicine Workshop Abstracts Berlin 20260618 20260620 26isfam011 TextThis workshop explores my recent publication; The Noise Within Tinnitus. It is structured as a play, set in a Dramatherapy session with two separate clients whose emotional health is negatively impacted by tinnitus. They are highly distressed, anxious and feel trapped with their symptom and unable to imagine overcoming this condition. This leads to one client contemplating suicide as being a viable method to enable escape. These common themes are extracted from my experience in this field of clinical practice working alongside the chief audiologist Mark Williams (https://www.tinnituscare.co.uk/) and ENT consultant Nitesh Patel (https://www.consultantentsurgeon.co.uk/) on Harley Street (London) specialising in tinnitus care.The play explores the universal themes of feeling incarcerated not just by tinnitus but also by life situations, relationships and self-limiting belief systems that impede the clients from living a fulfilling life, portrayed through fictional characters. My current integrative model of clinical practice includes the application of Dramatherapy with strategies from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and trauma-informed theory and practice. My clinical findings form the material for The Noise Within Tinnitus and the foundations of my contribution to the next Scott Brown publication (Williams M, Mullen, J & Patel N. Tinnitus and Hyperacusis, Chapter 9, Scott-Browns, Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery Vol 1, 2026.)The workshop will creatively explore the phenomenon of tinnitus and the role it plays as an internal satellite navigational tool to self-knowledge, based on the play and practical workshops I run for my clients experiencing bothersome tinnitus. 0 0 0 0