The handbook of music therapy / edited by Leslie Bunt and Sarah Hoskyns.

Contributor(s): Bunt, Leslie | Hoskyns, Sarah, 1959-.

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BookPublisher: New York : Brunner-Routledge, 2002Description: xix, 357 p. : 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0415157072; 0415157080.Subject(s): Music therapy

DDC classification: 615.85154

Contents:

Background and context -- Setting the scene -- Practicalities and basic principles of music therapy -- First meetings with four music therapists -- Clinical chapters -- Suzanna's story, music therapy with a pre-school child -- Hulo object! I destroyed you -- Music therapy with adults with learning disabilities -- Music therapy and neurology -- Music therapy in forensic psychiatry, a case study with musical commentary -- Musical narratives in music therapy for dementia -- Training -- Evolving a capacity for wondering, the development of observation and listening skills -- Beginning the clinical journey -- Developing the musical journey -- Professional life -- The professional music therapist -- Some reflections on music therapy research, an example of collaborative enquiry -- Transformation, Ovid and guided imagery and music (GIM) --- Endnotes.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Music therapists work with children and adults of all ages with wide-ranging health-care needs. This handbook traces the history of recent developments in music therapy and the range of current applications and outlines practical requirements for the work and some basic prerequisites for and philosophies of training.
The Handbook of Music Therapycovers material encompassing clinical, practical and theoretical perspectives, and is divided into four main sections, including:
* the recent evolution of music therapy as a paramedical discipline complementing the more traditional areas of child and adult health care
* a clinical section including contributions from music therapy specialists in the fields of autism, adult learning disability, forensic psychiatry, neurology and dementia
* a section on resources necessary to practise as a music therapist including musical illustrations and practical examples
* a focus on issues pertinent to the life of the professional music therapist including job creation, supervision, further training and research.
The Handbook of Music Therapyis illustrated with many case studies and clinical examples throughout, placed within a variety of different theoretical and philosophical perspectives. It will be invaluable to music therapists, other arts therapists and to clinicians such as speech and language therapists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists and social workers.ife of the professional music therapist including job creation, supervision, further training and research.
The Handbook of Music Therapyis illustrated with many case studies and clinical examples throughout, placed within a variety of different theoretical and philosophical perspectives. It will be invaluable to music therapists, other arts therapists and to clinicians such as speech and language therapists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists and social workers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

List of illustrations (p. xiii)
List of contributors (p. xvi)
Acknowledgements (p. xviii)
Introduction (p. 1)
Part I Background and context (p. 7)
1 Setting the scene (p. 9)
Introduction (p. 9)
Current music therapy practice (p. 10)
A survey of some recent literature (p. 19)
Qualities needed to train and practise as a music therapist (p. 25)
Summary (p. 26)
2 Practicalities and basic principles of music therapy (p. 27)
Introduction (p. 27)
Clinical example (p. 28)
A practical working frame for music therapy (p. 29)
Boundaries (p. 32)
The qualities of the therapeutic relationship (p. 35)
Some features drawn from psychoanalytic theory (p. 39)
The music therapy spectrum (p. 44)
Essential 'Is' of music therapy practice (p. 45)
Summary (p. 51)
3 First meetings with four music therapists (p. 53)
Introduction (p. 53)
Formative musical and personal experiences (p. 55)
Motivation to train and training experiences (p. 58)
Concluding note (p. 64)
Part II Clinical chapters (p. 67)
Introduction (p. 69)
4 Suzanna's story: Music therapy with a pre-school child (p. 71)
Introduction (p. 71)
Suzanna's story (p. 73)
Concluding points (p. 83)
5 'Hullo object! I destroyed you!' (p. 84)
Term 1 Exploration (p. 86)
Term 2 Control (p. 89)
Term 3 The developing relationship (p. 90)
Term 4 Together in musical experience (p. 92)
Term 5 Struggle (p. 94)
Term 6 Ending (p. 95)
6 Music therapy with adults with learning disabilities (p. 97)
Introduction (p. 97)
Learning disabilities--a history (p. 97)
A literature review (p. 99)
An overview (p. 100)
Theoretical framework (p. 102)
Theory into practice (p. 103)
Clinical work (p. 105)
Conclusion (p. 114)
7 Music therapy and neurology (p. 115)
Introduction (p. 115)
Neuro-disability (p. 115)
How does music affect the brain? (p. 116)
Clinical examples (p. 118)
Summary (p. 130)
Further music therapy reading (p. 131)
8 Music therapy in forensic psychiatry: a case study with musical commentary (p. 132)
Introduction (p. 132)
Music therapy in forensic psychiatry (p. 133)
Musical commentary (p. 143)
Discussion (p. 147)
Summary (p. 148)
9 Musical narratives in music therapy treatment for dementia (p. 149)
Introduction (p. 149)
Cognitive and neurological considerations (p. 149)
Research (p. 150)
Musical narrative and improvisation (p. 151)
Further theoretical considerations (p. 154)
Conclusion (p. 155)
Postscript to Part II (p. 157)
Part III Training (p. 161)
Introduction (p. 163)
10 Evolving a capacity for wondering: the development of observation and listening skills (p. 167)
Introduction (p. 167)
Section 1 Some reference points for observation and listening (p. 169)
Section 2 Some strategies for focusing observation and listening in music therapy training (p. 175)
Section 3 An enquiry into approaches to observation and listening by music therapists at different levels of experience and training (p. 184)
Summary (p. 188)
11 Beginning the clinical journey (p. 189)
Introduction (p. 189)
The initial musical connection (p. 190)
Fundamental therapeutic and personal issues (p. 203)
Concluding points (p. 215)
12 Developing the musical journey (p. 216)
Introduction (p. 216)
Practical music exercises (p. 217)
On listening to music (p. 231)
Summary (p. 233)
Postscript to Part III (p. 235)
Part IV Professional life (p. 239)
Introduction (p. 241)
13 The professional music therapist (p. 245)
Introduction (p. 245)
Some commonly asked questions (p. 245)
Referral, assessment and report-writing (p. 249)
Ending therapy (p. 258)
The necessity of regular supervision (p. 260)
Further routes for education and training (p. 267)
Summary (p. 268)
14 Some reflections on music therapy research: an example of collaborative enquiry (p. 270)
Introduction (p. 270)
Some current patterns in music therapy research (p. 271)
Some roots of these patterns: further thoughts on quantitative and qualitative methodologies (p. 274)
How can different approaches exist side by side? (p. 277)
Example: a collaborative study of the music therapy programme at the Bristol Cancer Help Centre (BCHC) (p. 279)
Conclusion (p. 288)
15 Transformation, Ovid and Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) (p. 290)
Introduction (p. 290)
What is GIM? (p. 291)
Transformation in GIM (p. 292)
A further note on emotion and music (p. 294)
Each client's unique journey and pattern (p. 294)
An example of a pattern in a series of GIM sessions (p. 295)
Some connections between music and image in one session (p. 298)
Examples from other sessions (p. 301)
Articulation of the patterns in improvised music (p. 303)
Summary of Kay's pattern (p. 305)
Conclusion (p. 306)
Endnotes (p. 308)
Introduction (p. 308)
On our links with music (p. 308)
Some gender issues in music therapy (p. 310)
Some pointers on the future development of music therapy as a profession (p. 316)
A final return to our key responsibilities: to witness and to listen (p. 318)
Appendix I Approved postgraduate music therapy training courses in the UK (p. 321)
Appendix II List of resources (p. 323)
Appendix III Association of Professional Music Therapists (APMT): Code of Professional Ethics and Discipline (p. 325)
Bibliography (p. 328)
Name index (p. 343)
Subject index (p. 347)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Leslie Buntis Visiting Professor of Music Therapy at the University of the West of England where he directs the MusicSpace Trust. He directs the postgraduate Diploma in Music Therapy at the University of Bristol and is the author of Music Therapy: An Art Beyond Words(1994).
Sarah Hoskynsis Head of the Music Therapy Department at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. She is a former editor of the British Journal of Music Therapy,and an Approved Supervisor Advisory Council member of the Association of Professional Music Therapists.