A Comprehensive Guide to Music Therapy

A Comprehensive Guide to Music Therapy
Author: Lars Ole Bonde
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2002-07-05
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 184642349X

Music therapists, as in medical and paramedical professions, have a rich diversity of approaches and methods, often developed with specific relevance to meet the needs of a certain client population. This book reflects the many components of such diversity, and is a thoroughly comprehensive guide to accessing and understanding the ideas, theory, research results and clinical outcomes that are the foundations of this field. Providing a detailed insight into the field of music therapy from an international perspective, this book enables the reader to see the complete picture of the multifaceted and fascinating world that is music therapy.

Medical Music Therapy

Medical Music Therapy
Author: Jayne M. Standley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2005
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

This book evolved from the unique, innovative partnership between the Florida State University Music Therapy program and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. Its purpose is to serve as a model for MT educators, students, clinicians, and the hospital administrators who might employ them. This book should prove a valuable resource for those desiring to initiate a medical music therapy program, an Arts in Medicine program, a research program, or an MT clinical specialty area. The complexity and comprehensiveness of this endeavor is due to its many contributors, all expert music therapy clinicians, researchers, and teachers.

The Oxford Handbook of Music Therapy

The Oxford Handbook of Music Therapy
Author: Jane Edwards
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 1009
Release: 2016
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0199639752

Music therapy is growing internationally to be one of the leading evidence-based psychosocial allied health professions to meet needs across the lifespan. This is a comprehensive text on this topic. It presents exhaustive coverage of music therapy from international leaders in the field

Music Therapy: Research and Evidence-Based Practice

Music Therapy: Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Author: Olivia Swedberg Yinger
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2017-08-27
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323496016

Get a quick, expert overview of the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions in health care. This practical resource compiled by Dr. Olivia Swedberg Yinger provides a concise, useful overview of the profession of music therapy, including a description of each of the research-support practices that occur in the settings where music therapists most commonly work. - Features a wealth of information on music therapy and its relevance in education settings, mental health treatment, medical treatment and rehabilitation, hospice and palliative care, gerontology, and wellness. - Includes a chapter on current trends and future directions in music therapy - Consolidates today's available information and guidance in this timely area into one convenient resource.

Receptive Methods in Music Therapy

Receptive Methods in Music Therapy
Author: Denise Erdonmez Grocke
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2007
Genre: Music
ISBN: 184310413X

This practical book describes the specific use of receptive (listening) methods and techniques in music therapy clinical practice and research, including relaxation with music for children and adults, the use of visualisation and imagery, music and collage, song-lyric discussion, vibroacoustic applications, music and movement techniques, and other forms of aesthetic listening to music. The authors explain these receptive methods of intervention using a format that enables practitioners to apply them in practice and make informed choices about music suitable for each of the different techniques. Protocols are described step-by-step, with reference to the necessary environment, conditions, skills and appropriate musical material. Receptive Methods in Music Therapy will prove indispensable to music therapy students, practitioners, educators and researchers.

Music Therapy Research and Practice in Medicine

Music Therapy Research and Practice in Medicine
Author: David Aldridge
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1996
Genre: Music therapy
ISBN:

Explores music as a healing treatment for a variety of medical conditions, including AIDS, cancer, coma, senile dementia, and autism in children. Describes the underlying concept of humans as symphonic rather than mechanical beings, how music therapy research is conducted, and the place of music in a variety of medical settings. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Medical Music Therapy

Medical Music Therapy
Author: Lori F. Gooding
Publisher:
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2014
Genre: Music therapy
ISBN: 9781884914317

"As the evidence-base for medical music therapy has increased, so has the demand for music therapy services. Today, medical music therapists work in hospitals, cancer centers, and rehabilitation centers across the U.S. providing services to populations that would have been unheard of even a decade ago. This book brings together cutting edge practices from medical music therapy clinicians and educators across the country and provides information on evidence-based clinical applications with a variety of medical populations, program development, student supervision, and psycho-social/culturally driven, patient-family centered care." -- Publisher's description.