Exploring High-risk Offender Treatment and the Role of Music Therapy

Exploring High-risk Offender Treatment and the Role of Music Therapy
Author: Louise A. Sicard
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2021-07-06
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1000404862

Exploring High-risk Offender Treatment and the Role of Music Therapy explores the treatment delivered to high-risk offenders with complex needs, focusing on sex and violent offenders. The book advocates for the further use of less traditional and creative therapies, in particular, music therapy. The higher the risk, the greater the needs. Offenders with complex needs have a range of factors impacting their abilities and well-being including mental health and learning disorders. Importantly, high-risk offenders commonly present with complex needs and, therefore, require treatment that is highly responsive. Guiding this book is the existing literature and qualitative research, conducted by the author, that sought to gain the perspectives and experiences of practitioners in the field. This included 38 interviews with those that deliver treatment to high-risk offenders and music therapy. This book examines the components of high-risk offender treatment, highlighting the effective elements and the limitations found within the literature and from the perspective of interviewed practitioners. Offering insight into less traditional therapies, the book presents literature surrounding mindfulness, psychodrama and art therapy for high-risk offenders. It is argued that there has been a recent shift towards a creative corrections approach, where less traditional therapies are gaining recognition within offender treatment, as they offer unique and supportive benefits to traditional treatment. This book focuses on examining the role of music therapy for high-risk offenders, mainly through a critical discussion on the relevant literature and qualitative practitioner data. Advocating the further implementation of creative corrections approaches, this book will be of great interest to academics and researchers within the fields of offender treatment and penology, as well as forensic psychologists and those studying or practicing music therapy.

Music Therapy with High-risk Youth

Music Therapy with High-risk Youth
Author: Beth A. Clark
Publisher:
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2007
Genre: Music therapy for children
ISBN:

This study explored the practices of music therapists in the United States and Canada who had worked with high-risk youth within the previous ten years. High-risk youth were defined as those likely to experiences a decline in global level of functioning due to one or more issues related to mental health, substance misuse, or other social, economic, or cultural disadvantages, including correctional system involvement, street-involvement, or unstable home environment. An online survey of credentialed music therapists was conducted to explore the areas of demographics, clinical practice and information-seeking. Music therapists working with high-risk youth were asked to identify the most common areas of need, treatment goals, assessment methods, and interventions used with this population. Participants also described an intervention considered highly effective in meeting the needs of high-risk youth. Synthesis and thematic analysis of these results, as well as examples of effective interventions are presented with discussion related to the implications for further research.

Forensic Music Therapy

Forensic Music Therapy
Author: John Adlam
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2012-10-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0857005391

Forensic Music Therapy demonstrates diverse and innovative approaches, which include live, improvised and pre-composed music, from music therapy teams working in secure treatment settings. The book covers clinical development, research, supervision and discussion of institutional and multi-disciplinary team dynamics. It will inform professionals about different ways to manage challenging situations in order to deliver music therapy with adults and adolescents who have committed offences, men and women with personality disorders and mental health problems, as well as men who have killed. The book also describes the development of Cognitive Analytic Music Therapy: the first manualised form of music therapy to be used in the rehabilitation of offenders. Chapters include case studies and service developments informed by theories from an established range of psychological therapies including psychoanalysis, cognitive analytic therapy, musicology and forensic psychotherapy. The significant variations and considerations when working in low, medium and high secure treatment settings are also clarified. This book will give music therapists, forensic and clinical psychotherapists and psychologists, cognitive analytic therapists, psychiatrists, and others working in the field a wider understanding of choices, as well as demonstrating the effectiveness of tailored music therapy programmes for this complex client group.

Prisons and Community Corrections

Prisons and Community Corrections
Author: Philip Birch
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2020-08-09
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1000168409

This edited collection brings together leading international academics and researchers to provide a comprehensive body of literature that informs the future of prison and wider corrective services training, education, research, policy and practice. This volume addresses a range of 21st century issues faced by modern corrective services including, prison overcrowding, young and ageing offenders, mental health, sexual assault in corrective facilities, trans communities in corrective services and radicalisation of offenders within corrective services. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach and drawing together theoretical and practice debates, the book comprehensively considers current challenges and future trajectories for corrective systems, the people within them and service delivery. This volume will also be a welcomed resource for academics and researchers who have an interest in prisons, corrective services practice and broader criminal justice issues. It will also be of interest to those who want to join corrective services, those who are currently training to become personnel in corrective services and related allied professions, and those who are currently working in the field.

Music Therapy and Addictions

Music Therapy and Addictions
Author: David Aldridge
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2010
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1849050120

Studies have shown that music is closely linked to addiction and can function as an integral part of recovery. This book demonstrates how music and music therapy can be applied in a variety of treatment settings to bring about therapeutic change. It is of interest to music therapists, and substance abuse counsellors.

Forensic Music Therapy

Forensic Music Therapy
Author: Stella Compton Dickinson
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2012
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1849052522

Includes Appendices. "The oak and the ash" [lyrics] : English folksong ; The prototype treatment manual ; The treatment stage summary ; Interview schedule ; Further details from the original qualitative data.

Music Therapy: Research and Evidence-Based Practice

Music Therapy: Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Author: Olivia Swedberg Yinger
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 350
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.

The Study of Music Therapy: Current Issues and Concepts

The Study of Music Therapy: Current Issues and Concepts
Author: Kenneth S. Aigen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2013-12-04
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1134691831

This book addresses the issues in music therapy that are central to understanding it in its scholarly dimensions, how it is evolving, and how it connects to related academic disciplines. It draws on a multi-disciplinary approach to look at the defining issues of music therapy as a scholarly discipline, rather than as an area of clinical practice. It is the single best resource for scholars interested in music therapy because it focuses on the areas that tend to be of greatest interest to them, such as issues of definition, theory, and the function of social context, but also does not assume detailed prior knowledge of the subject. Some of the topics discussed include defining the nature of music therapy, its relation to current and historical uses of music in human well-being, and considerations on what makes music therapy work. Contemporary thinking on the role of neurological theory, early interaction theory, and evolutionary considerations in music therapy theory are also reviewed. Within each of these areas, the author presents an overview of the development of thinking, discusses contrasting positions, and offers a personalized synthesis of the issue. The Study of Music Therapy is the only book in music therapy that gathers all the major issues currently debated in the field, providing a critical overview of the predominance of opinions on these issues.

The Clinician's Guide to Forensic Music Therapy

The Clinician's Guide to Forensic Music Therapy
Author: Stella Compton-Dickinson
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2017-04-21
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1784502332

The Clinician's Guide to Forensic Music Therapy provides information and advice on how to effectively and safely deliver two context-specific, systematic approaches in forensic music therapy. The two clinically tested treatment manuals have been specifically designed for use by music therapists and other clinicians working in prisons and secure hospital settings. They provide in-depth practical guidance for a variety of contexts and specific attention is given to risk assessment, responsivity to treatment and recovery. The book also includes advice on clinical evaluation, taking the complexities of diagnosis and patient needs into consideration. As the very first of its kind, and written by two leading practitioners of forensic music therapy, this book is essential reading for any music therapist and student of music therapy. It will also be of interest to other clinicians working in correctional or secure psychiatric settings and includes a chapter for them on how to use music effectively.