Developments in Music Therapy Practice: Case Study Perspectives

Thirty-four case studies from music therapists around the world, describing practices from a broad range of clinical orientations and highlighting recent developments in the field. This includes cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, psychodynamic, medical, community, aesthetic and healing orientations, and various models of music therapy practice. Clients include children, adolescents, adults and older adults in medical, early intervention, school, community, private practice, psychiatric, prison, drug and alcohol, nursing home and hospice settings. Each chapter includes a description of the author’s theoretical foundation(s), assessment process, therapeutic process and health outcomes, encompassing improvisational, receptive, recreative,compositional and creative arts methods and techniques. Conceived as a textbook for training students, this collection may also be used as an introduction to music therapy, and as a reference that reflects developments in practice within the field.