Music Therapy Books

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1. International Dictionary of Music Therapy

   Edited by Kevin Kirkland

   The therapeutic uses of music can vary greatly from one part of a country to the next, from one therapist to the next and across national and continental lines. This groundbreaking work is the first to bring together the expertise of an international array of contributors into one resource. The...

   Published June 2nd 2013 by Routledge
2. Therapeutic Uses of Rap and Hip-Hop

   Edited by Susan Hadley, George Yancy

   In perceiving all rap and hip-hop music as violent, misogynistic, and sexually charged, are we denying the way in which it is attentive to the lived experiences, both positive and negative, of many therapy clients? This question is explored in great depth in this anthology, the first to examine the...

   Published September 20th 2011 by Routledge
3. Invitation to Community Music Therapy

   By Brynjulf Stige, Leif Edvard Aarø

   Invitation to Community Music Therapy presents the main perspectives and principles of community music therapy as it is practiced around the world. A relatively recent development within the broader field of music therapy, community music therapy emphasizes human connectedness, health promotion,...

   Published August 21st 2011 by Routledge
4. Supervision of Music Therapy

   A Theoretical and Practical Handbook

   Edited by Helen Odell-Miller, Eleanor Richards

   Series: Supervision in the Arts Therapies

   Supervision of Music Therapy discusses the theoretical bases underlying approaches to supervision in music therapy, as well as focusing on the distinctive aspects of music therapy supervision from both clinical and conceptual perspectives. In this book, leading music therapy supervisors and...

   Published October 8th 2008 by Routledge
5. Music Therapy with Adults with Learning Disabilities

   Edited by Tessa Watson

   Music Therapy with Adults with Learning Disabilities explores how music therapists work in partnership with people with learning disabilities to encourage independence and empowerment and to address a wide variety of everyday issues and difficulties. Comprehensive and wide-ranging, this book...

   Published April 25th 2007 by Routledge
6. Music of the Soul

   Composing Life Out of Loss

   By Joy S. Berger

   Series: Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement

   Music of the Soul guides the reader through principles, techniques, and exercises for incorporating music into grief counseling, with the end goal of further empowering the grieving person. Music has a unique ability to elicit a whole range of powerful emotional responses in people - even so far...

   Published September 7th 2006 by Routledge
7. Music At The Edge Cd

   By Lee Colin

   Published November 10th 2004 by Routledge
8. The Handbook of Music Therapy

   Edited by Leslie Bunt, Sarah Hoskyns

   Music therapists work with children and adults of all ages with wide-ranging health-care needs. This handbook traces the history of recent developments in music therapy and the range of current applications and outlines practical requirements for the work and some basic prerequisites for and...

   Published August 7th 2002 by Routledge
9. Music at the Edge

   The Music Therapy Experiences of a Musician with AIDS

   By Colin Lee

   Through the words of the therapist and the music of the patient Music at the Edge allows the reader to experience a complete music therapy journey. Frances, a trained musician who was facing death from AIDS, challenged Colin Lee, the music therapist, to help him clarify his feelings about living,...

   Published June 26th 1996 by Routledge
10. You Bring Out the Music in Me

    Music in Nursing Homes

    By D Rosemary Cassano

    An enlightening book, You Bring Out the Music in Me, explores how music motivates, enriches, touches, relaxes, and energizes the elderly in nursing homes. Practicing music therapists explain how music “speaks” to all of us, regardless of our language, culture, or abilities and how it...

    Published January 18th 1996 by Routledge