Paths of Development in Nordoff- Robbins Music Therapy

Kenneth Aigen

Print ISBNs: 1-891278-03-7  or 978-1-891278-03-7

E-ISBN: 978-1-937440-06-0



$57.50


A contemporary look at the clinical work of Paul Nordoff and Clive Robbins as it was originally formulated, and as it developed within the context of their personal and professional lives. The author, a pioneer in qualitative research, presents a comprehensive analysis of eight case studies drawn from the Nordoff-Robbins archives, and then compares them in order to identify commonalities and idiosyncrasies in the children’s growth as well as in the approach itself. Important topics addressed are: form and structure in clinical improvisation, music as agent of change, the clinical process, and the therapeutic relationship. This book is a benchmark in qualitative research and Nordoff-Robbins therapy. (1998; Paperback, 362 pages with 2 CDs: $57.50).

Reviews By:

* Lars Ole Bonde in the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 1999, 8(1), 107-110
* Gary Ansdell in British Journal of Music Therapy (2000), 14(1), 47-50.
* Michele Forinash in Music Therapy Perspectives, 19 (1), 68-69, 2001.



TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FOREWORD
PREFACE 		xix
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SECTION
I INTRODUCTION
1 Research Focus and Method 3The Nordoff-Robbins Clinical Archives 3Evolution of the Research Focus 5

The Research Process 7

Notes on Literature 15

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The First Sites: Devereux and the University of Pennsylvania OriginsGetting Established in America
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SECTION
II THE CHILDREN
Devereux 3 Audrey Is Dancing a Song: Worth, Myth, and Singing in Self-Actualization Audrey’s TherapyThe Significance of Audrey’s Growth Process 54

Postscript: In Audrey’s Words

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4 Martha Can Sing a Song: Musical Skills and the Development of the Self Martha’s Music Therapy

Implications for Nordoff-Robbins Strategies And Interventions

Musical Skills, Fluidity, and Self-Development
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5 Where Is Terry? A Process Model for Nordoff-Robbins Music TherapyThe Four-Stage Model of TherapyTerry’s Process and the Middle Eastern Idiom 8182103
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Loren’s Listening to the Music: Overcoming the Fear of FailureSynopsis of Loren’s Therapy

The Relationship Dynamics in Loren’s Therapy

Clinical Strategies Used with Loren

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7 How Do You Do, Walker? Restructuring the Self through MusicUniversity of Pennsylvania

Walker’s Music Therapy

Implications of Walker’s Therapy

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8 Moving to Kansas 149
The Institute of Logopedics
9 Good-bye, Indu: The Aesthetic Form of the Music Therapy
Session Synopsis of Indu’s Therapy

The Session Form

Specialized Functions of Music

Conclusion

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10 Listen to Michael: From Sensory Stimulation toMusical
Experience The Music Centeredness of the Nordoff-Robbins Approach

The Focus of Mike’s Therapy

Mike’s Therapy Sessions

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11 Anna is in the Music Room: Mutuality in the Therapy
Process Anna’s Therapy as a Process of Synthesis

A Synopsis of Anna’s Therapy

Characteristics of Music Accompanying the Synthetic Stance

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12 Leaving the Institute and Beyond 225
SECTION
III COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
Introduction
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13 Forms and Structures Differentiating Between Form and Structure

Musical Structures and Their Clinical Significance Clinical-Aesthetic Forms

The Four-Stage Model and the Crucial Intervention

The Role of Form in Integrating Conceptions of

Music Therapy

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14 The Music Music as the Agent of Change

The Use of Idioms, Styles, and Scales The objectivity of Music: Imaplications

for Clinical Practice

The Role and Importance of Personal Expression in Music

Establishing a Musical World

The Importance of Singing

Music for a Child (Client)

Paul Nordoff’s Musicianship: Implications for Training

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15 The Clinical Process: Work, the Will, and Creating a Self Work The Will

Creating a Self

The Time Frame of Therapy

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16 The Therapeutic Relationship and the Context of Therapy The Therapeutic Frame

The Relative Importnace of Relationship Dynamics

Relationship Dynamics in the Context of Nordoff-Robbins Theory

The Transpersonal Nature of Nordoff-Robbins Therapy

and Therapist Self-Examination

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17 Epilogue
ReferencesAuthor Index

Subject Index

Clinical-Musical Excerpts

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