Violence against children is a phenomenon of growing global prevalence, whose understanding and approach require a fruitful dialogue between social and therapeutic disciplines. As a historical phenomenon, it has traversed different social formations since the origins of civilization. Despite the renewed perspectives on childhood and adolescence and the formal recognition of their rights, in the current stage of capitalist decline, sexual abuse persists in an intensified form. This phenomenon worsens as a symptom of a humanitarian crisis that encompasses wars, social deprivation, and family disintegration, as part of a broader trend toward the breakdown of social organization and interpersonal relationships in the present. How can we design a therapeutic approach that fosters health and repair in the face of the traumatic experiences that violence inscribes on the bodies of children within this historical context? What strategies can music therapy offer in the context of a clinical practice that tends to collide with family silencing, social institutions, and established living conditions? As an essay, this paper seeks to address these issues with the aim of strengthening intervention perspectives and paving the way for further inquiry.
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