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 provde a Braille-ready electronic copy that each student can turn into hard copy for his/her own use.

Reviews By:

Lars Ole Bonde in the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 1999, 8(1), 111-113. Barbara Daveson in The Bulletin of the Australian Music Therapy Association, July 1999, 22(13), 13.