Developments in Music Therapy Practice : Case Study Perspectives [E-Book]

Includes bibliographical references.

Developments in music therapy practice : a reading guide / Anthony Meadows -- Part I : Children. When life begins too early : music therapy in a newborn intensive care unit / Monika N�ocker-Ribaupierre ; Medical music therapy with premature infants : family-centered services / Miriam Hillmer, Olivia Swedberg, and Jayne M. Standley ; Growing up in music : a journey through early childhood music development in music therapy / Elizabeth K. Schwartz ; Unraveling hidden resources of a girl with Rett syndrome / Cochavit Elefant ; Exploring issues of control through interactice, improvices music making : music therapy diagnostic assessment and short-term treatment with a mother and daughter in a psychiatric unit / Amelia Oldfield ; Establishing communication with a boy with autism utilizing recorded music / Barbara J. Crowe ; Addressing core features of autism : integrating Nordoff-Robbins music therapy within the developmental, individual-difference, relationship-based (DIR)/Floortime model / Jon A. Carpente ; Music therapy for children in hospital care : a stress and coping framework for practice / Jane Edwards and Jeanette Kennelly ; Developing speech with music : a neurodevelopmental approack / A. Blythe LaGrasse ; From violent rap to lovely blues : the transformation of aggressive behavior through through vocal music therapy / Aylka Uhlig -- Part II : Adolescents. Punker, Bassgirl and Dingo-man : perspectives on adolescents' music therapy / Jaakko Erkkil�a ; Crossing the divide : exploring identities within communities fragmented by gang violence / Sunelle Fouche and Kerryn Torrance ; Our path to peace : songwriting-based brief music therapy with bereaved adolescents / Robert E. Krout ; Moving out of your comfort zone : group music therapy with adolescents who have misused drugs / Katrina McFerran ; Just don't do it : a group's micro journey into music and life / Merc�edes Pavlicevic -- Part III : Adults. Facilitating neurological reorganization through music therapy : a case of modified melodic intonation therapy in the treatment of a person with aphasia / Felicity Baker ; The case of Paula : music pschotherapy with a musician / Joanne Loewy and Stephan Quentzel ; From the highest height to the lowest depth : music therapy with a paraplegic soldier / Chava Sekeles ; Music therapy and addiction : addressing essential components of the recovery process / Jim Borling ; Making my body a safe place to stay : a psychotherapeutically oriented approach to vibroacoustic therapy in drup rehabilitation Marko Punkanen and Esa Ala-Ruona ; A flash of the obvious : music therapy and trauma / Julie Sutton ; Fro ego disintegration to recovery of self : the contribution of Lacan's theoriesin understanding the role of music therapy in the treatment of a woman with psychosis / Lillian Eyre ; Singing in the recovery model with a chronic mentally ill offender / Vaughn Kaser ; The doors and windows of the dressing room : culture-centered music therapy in a mental health setting / Brynjulf Stige ; Music is about feelings : music therapy with a young man suffering from anorexia nervosa / Gro Trondalen ; "Taking a close look" : emotional awareness as a core principle in the music therapy treatment of patient with an anxious-avoidant personality disorder / Ulrike Haase and Axel Reinhardt ; The use of elemental music alignment in the journey from singer to healer/therapist / Frank Bosco ; Music therapy and depression : uncovering resources in music and imagery ; Bringing light into darkness : guided imagery and music, bereavement, loss and working through trauma / Leslie Bunt ; The meta-musical experiences of a professional string quartet in music-centered psychotherapy / Heidi Ahonen and Colin Andrew Lee -- Part IV : Other adults and end of life. Music therapy and dementia : a cognitive-behavioral approach / Melissa Mercadal-Brotons ; Music as life and lifeguard : music therapy for an older adult with depression / Ineke van Hest-de Witte, Jack Verburgt and Henk Smeijsters ; Home is where the heart is / Monique van Bruggen-Rufi and Annemiek Vink ; Songs of faith in end of life care / Russell Hilliard and Jenna Justice.

This book presents 34 case studies from music therapists around the world. These studies represent practices from a broad range of clinical orientations, including recent developments in the field. This includes cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, psychodynamic, medical, community, aesthetic and healing practices with infants, children, adolescents, adults and older adults. Various models of music therapy are also represented, including Guided Imagery and Music, Analytic Music Therapy, Behavioral Music Therapy and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy. Each chapter includes a description of the author's theoretical foundation(s), assessment process, therapeutic process and health outcomes, encompassing improvisational, receptive, recreative, compositional and creative arts methods and techniques. Conceived as a textbook for training students, this collection may also be used as an introduction to music therapy, and as a reference that reflects developments in practice within the field.

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