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Qualitative Inquiries in Music Therapy: A Monograph Series

(ISSN: 1559-7326):

The purpose of this monograph series is to provide opportunities for qualitative researchers to publish their studies in a refereed periodical that does not have the usual length limits of a journal. The editorial review board consists of music therapy practitioners and scholars who are recognized for their expertise in qualitative research.
A monograph is published whenever a sufficient number of studies have been accepted, rather than according to any fixed time schedule. Each monograph has a guest editor who works with the researchers, editorial board, and publisher in preparing the studies for final publication.
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The following volumes are available in print and online. To order print copies of an entire volume, call 800-345-6665 or outside the USA 603-357-0236. To download individual monographs, please click author and title.

• Volume One: 2004 (Edited by Brian Abrams).

Front Matter and Editor’s Introduction

Monograph 1: Racette, K., A Phenomenological Analysis of the Experience of Listening to Music When Upset, pp. 1–18.

Monograph 2: Comeau, P., A Phenomenological Investigation of Being Effective as a Music Therapist, pp. 19–36.

Monograph 3: Marom, M., Spiritual Moments in Music Therapy: A Qualitative Study of the Music Therapist’s Experience, pp. 37–76.

Monograph 4: Gardstrom, S., An Investigation of Meaning in Clinical Music Improvisation with Troubled Adolescents, pp. 77–160. Audio Files:

• Track 01 Hayley: H1 Nonreferential Duet
• Track 02 Hayley: H3 Solo Referential (“Sadness and Anger”)
• Track 03 Hayley: H12 Duet Nonreferential
• Track 04 Tanisha: T2 Duet Nonreferential
• Track 05 Tanisha: T6 Solo Referential (“Loneliness”)
• Track 06 Tanisha: T7 Duet Referential (“Anger”)
• Track 07 Ralph: R2 Duet Nonreferential
• Track 08 Ralph: R2 Duet Nonreferential
• Track 09 Ralph: R5 Solo Nonreferential
• Track 10 Chrissy: C3 Duet Nonreferential
• Track 11 Chrissy: C11 Duet Referential (“Angry Conversation”)
• Track 12 Chrissy: C15 Solo Nonreferential
• Track 13 William: W1 Duet Nonreferential
• Track 14 William: W2 Duet Nonreferential
• Track 15 William: W6 Solo Referential (“Annoyed”)
• Track 16 William: W7 Solo Referential (“Sad”)
• Track 17 Erica: E10 Solo Referential (“Night Fear”)
• Track 18 Erica: E11 Solo Referential (“My Safe Place”)
• Track 19 Erica: E13 Duet Nonreferential

• Volume Two: 2005 (Edited by Anthony Meadows).

Front Matter and Editor’s Introduction

Monograph 1: Bruscia, K. Abbott, E., Cadesky, N., Condron, D., Hunt, A., Miller, D, and Thomae, L., A Collaborative Heuristic Analysis of Imagery-M: A Classical Music Program Used in the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music, pp. 1–35.

Monograph 2: Abbott, E., Client Experiences in Music in the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music, pp. 36–61.

Monograph 3: Brescia, T., A Qualitative Study of Intuition as Experienced and Used by Music Therapists, pp. 62–112.

• Volume Three: 2007 (Edited by Anthony Meadows).

Front Matter and Editor’s Introduction

Monograph 1: Eyre, L., Changes in Images, Life Events, and Music in Analytical Music Therapy: A Reconstruction of Mary Priestley’s Case Study of “Curtis,” pp. 1–30. Audio Files:

• Track 1: Conversation at Work 15:28
• Track 2: After Getting the Sword 12:05
• Track 3: Down Under the Sea 11:42
• Track 4: The Fracas 9:00
• Track 5: Nightscene Print 12:45

Monograph 2: Murphy, K., Experiential Learning in Music Therapy: Faculty and Student Perspectives, pp. 31–61.

Monograph 3: Keith, D., Understanding Music Improvisations: A Comparison of Methods of Meaning-Making, pp. 62–102.

Monograph 4: Sokira, J. Interpreting the Communicative Behaviors of Clients with Rett Syndrome in Music Therapy, pp. 103–131.

Monograph 5: Bonde, L. O., Imagery, Metaphor, and Perceived Outcome in Six Cancer Survivors’ BMGIM Therapy, pp. 132–164.

• Volume Four: 2008 (Edited by Susan Hadley).

Front Matter and Editor’s Introduction

Monograph 1: Kim, S. The Supervisee’s Experience in Cross-Cultural Music Therapy Supervision, pp. 1–44.

Monograph 2: Zanders, M., Metaphors Clients Use to Describe their Experiences in BMGIM, pp. 45–68.

Monograph 3: Muller, B., A Phenomenological Investigation of the Music Therapist’s Experience of Being Present to Clients, pp. 69–112.

Monograph 4: Amir, D., & Yair, M., When the Piano Talks: Finding Meaning in Piano Improvisations Created by Three Children at Risk who Live in Residential Care, pp. 113–166.

• Volume Five: 2010 (Edited by Susan Hadley).

Front Matter and Editor’s Introduction

Monograph 1: McFerran, K., Tipping the Scales: A Substantive Theory on the Value of Group Music Therapy for Supporting Grieving Teenagers, pp. 1–42.

Monograph 2: Kwan, M., Music Therapist’s Experiences with Adults in Pain: Implications for Clinical Practice, pp. 43–85.

Monograph 3: Cooper, M., Clinical-Musical Responses of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapists: The Process of Clinical Improvisation, pp. 86–115.

Monograph 4: Turry, A., Integrating Musical and Psychotherapeutic Thinking: Research on the Relationship between Words and Music in Clinically Improvised Songs, pp. 116–172.

Monograph 5: Sorel, S. Presenting Carly and Elliott: Exploring Roles and Relationships in a Mother-Son Dyad in Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy, pp. 173–238.

• Volume Six: 2011 (Edited by Susan Gardstrom).

Front Matter

Monograph 1: Gonzalez, P., The Impact of Music Therapists’ Music Cultures on the Development of their Professional Identities, pp. 1–33.

Monograph 2: Summer, L., Client Perspectives on the Music in Guided Imagery and Music (GIM), pp. 34–74.

Monograph 3: Bullard, E. Music Therapy as an Intervention for Inpatient Treatment of Suicidal Ideation, pp. 75–121.

Monograph 4: O’Grady, L., The Therapeutic Potentials of Creating and Performing Music with Women in Prison: A Qualitative Study, pp. 122–152.

Monograph 5: Elwafi, P., The Impact of Music Therapists’ Religious Beliefs on Clinical Identity and Professional Practice, p. 155–191.

International Journal of Arts Medicine

(ISSN 1057-4263):

A bi-annual periodical and official journal of the International Arts Medicine Association. Ceased publication 1999. Available only online. Click below.

• Volume 2, Number 1 (1993)

• Volume 2, Number 2 (1993)

• Volume 3, Number 1 (1994)

• Volume 4, Number 1 (1995)

• Volume 4, Number 2 (1996)

• Volume 5, Number 1 (1997)

• Volume 5, Number 2 (1997)

• Volume 6, Number 1 (1998)

• Volume 6, Number 2 (1999)