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This study is the phenomenological research that examined the process by which those parents of a child with disability who had experienced depression and parenting stress would achieve inner growth and overcome difficulties by experiencing the healing program including music and dance. This study analyzed the experiences of the 3 parents of a child with disability who had participated in the 7 sessions of healing program on the basis of the phenomenological method of Giorgi (2002). As a result, this study deducted the 10 sub-components and the 5 components from the 55 meaning units. The components included “the time for which one is being stuck in grief”, “the time for which one experiences after preparing for a change”, “the time for which one’s self-esteem is being improved as being comforted”, “the time for which one experiences transcendent love” and “the time for which one has a peace of mind after re-birth”. This study found that the aforementioned participants could sublimate their negative self-image into a positive self-image by facing their grief through the healing program . Also, this study found that they could have an opportunity to heal themselves by having a new commitment in their life.