Being in Music: Foundation of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy
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Table of Contents

Series Introduction v
Dedication vi
Acknowledgments vii
Foreword xi
Preface to the Barcelona Edition xiii
Preface xvii
Introduction 1
1. The Qualitative Method Employed in this Study 5
2. The Course at Goldie Leigh Hospital: Setting The Stage 9
3. Conceptual Framework 15
The Role of Technique 15
Therapist Preparation 16
Personalized Source of Music 17
Living in Music and the Evolution of Form 17
Musical Intelligence 19
Qualities of Clinical-Musical Interaction 20
Bringing Meaningful Experience 23
The Forces Latent in Music 25
Clinical Strategies 27
The Importance of Repetition: Improvised and
Pre-composed Songs
29
Therapy and/or Teaching? 30
Conclusion 32
4. Themes 35
The Therapeutic Relationship 35
The Role of Values 39
The Therapeutic Process 40
The Demands of the Clinical Work 44
Implications and Effects of the Clinical Work 46
The Nordoff-Robbins Training 48
Closing Words 51
References 53
Appendix A: Theme Statements
Appendix B: Brief History of Nordoff-Robbins
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Music Therapy 59