Defining Music Therapy (Second Edition)

Print ISBNs: 1-891278-07-X pr 978-1-89127807-5
E-ISBN: 978-1-891278-62-4
Music and therapy are both difficult to define, and when fused together, many complications arise. This book examines the unique problems of defining music within a therapeutic context, and defining therapy within a musical context. In this greatly expanded second edition, 67 definitions of music therapy and over 380 references are considered; separate chapters are given on each term used in the central definition; entirely new chapters are presented on music, health, dynamics, methods, theory and research; and a comprehensive survey is made of the many different areas and levels of music therapy practice. Written for both professionals and students, this theoretical treatise confronts issues and questions involved in shaping the identity of music therapy and its future as a profession. (1998; ISBN 1-891278-07-X; Paperback, 320 pages; $26).
NOTE: This title has been transcribed into Braille by Wilfred Laurier University’s Accessible Learning Centre, located in Waterloo Ontario. Upon request, the Centre will provide a Braille-ready electronic copy that each student can turn into hard copy for his/her own use.
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | |
| Foreword Chapter 1: The Need for Definitions
Chapter 2: The Challenges of Defining Music Therapy Chapter 3: A Working Definition Chapter 4: Systematic Chapter 5: Process Chapter 6: Intervention Chapter 7: Therapist Chapter 8: Helps Chapter 9: Client Chapter 10: To Promote Health Chapter 11: Using Music Chapter 12: Levels of Music Experiences Chapter 13: Types of music Experience Chapter 14: Relationships Chapter 15: Dynamic Forces Chapter 16: Change Chapter 17: Defining Areas and Levels of Practice Chapter 18: Didactic Practices Chapter 19: Medical Practices Chapter 20: Healing Practices Chapter 21: Psychotherapeutic Practices Chapter 22: Recreational Practices Chapter 23: Ecological Practices Chapter 24: Defining Research and Theory Chapter 25: Topics of Research Chapter 26: Defining Quantitative and Qualitative Research Chapter 27: Implications Appendix: Definitions of Music Therapy References |
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