Defining Music Therapy (Second Edition)

Kenneth E. Bruscia

Print ISBNs:  1-891278-07-X pr 978-1-89127807-5

 E-ISBN: 978-1-891278-62-4



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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

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