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While we don’t currently offer DRUMBEAT® in WA, Holyoake continues to explore ways to deliver DRUMBEAT® in the future in a commercially sustainable manner. National and international program delivery is currently available under licence to interested parties. For more information, please contact us.

The purpose of the program is to provide consumers with a safe environment in which musical non-verbal therapy is delivered to build resilience and well-being in at-risk consumers. The program explores a variety of module topics, including relationships, identity, community, emotions and feelings and teamwork.
Consumer types include:

  • Primary and high school students
  • Youth centres
  • Juvenile justice centres and prisons
  • Mental health services
  • Aged care services
  • Disability support services
  • Returned servicemen and women
  • Refugee and migrant support services
  • Corporations

A range of outcomes have been identified as a result of participating in the award-winning DRUMBEAT® program. These include:

  • Reduced anxiety and psychological distress
  • Improved emotional regulation
  • Improved self-esteem
  • Provision of a constructive means of self-expression
  • Increased commitment and perseverance towards group and individual tasks
  • Increased sense of belonging and connection to community
  • Increased group cohesiveness and collaboration skills
  • Improved understanding of the range of human emotions and healthy expression of emotions
  • Improved social skills, including listening, problem-solving, sharing and empathy
  • Improved awareness and understanding of boundaries
  • Recognition and understanding of healthy relationships and unhealthy relationships
  • Increased awareness of the diversity of human experience and tolerance of difference

 

Search online for DRUMBEAT® to find an accredited facilitator. Other drumming therapy solutions also exist across Western Australia that have been modelled off the original DRUMBEAT® product.