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Collaboration and Assistance in Music Therapy Practice: Roles, Relationships, Challenges

John Strange

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Relating the innovative ways in which assistants and collaborators can become an integral part of a course of music therapy, this book explores how the involvement of a diverse range of individuals, such as family members, learning support assistants, caregivers and medical staff, can contribute to successful sessions. Illustrated by clinical examples, the book will help music therapists and students to make the most of opportunities to collaborate with individuals other than the client who may be present during therapy sessions. The book also takes into account the challenges that can arise in music therapy collaboration, and explores the relationships ... Read more

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Publisher

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Format

Paperback

Publication date

2016

Condition

New

Number of Pages

344

Place of Publication

London, United Kingdom

ISBN

9781849057028

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V9781849057028

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99-1

About John Strange

John Strange chaired the UK Association of Professional Music Therapists from 1995 to 1998, also representing Britain on the European Music Therapy Committee (now Confederation). From 2002 to 2004 he was external assessor of improvisation on the Masters in Music Therapy programme at Aalborg University, Denmark. Since 1995, John has provided expert evidence on music therapy in almost thirty High ... Read more

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This is a fascinating book and the first to explore the context of the use of collaborators and assistants in developing relationships with clients, enabling them to gain as much as possible from their music therapy sessions. John Strange sees collaborators and assistants participating fully as group members, something that has a significant impact on their music therapy. This book ... Read moreis especially interesting for music therapists who work with clients who are not able to participate in a physically or psychologically active way. Experienced authors write from a clinical and theoretical perspective, intended to help both practitioners and trainees. All the contributions are written in a very clear and authentic way. I believe it is good that the material in this book is available for use in different therapeutic situations.
Professor Dr. Jos De Backer LUCA, School of Arts, Campus Lemmens, UPC KULeuven, Campus Kortenberg This thoughtful and elegantly researched volume demonstrates the rich benefits to be gained by all from collaborative and integrated cross-disciplinary work. International in authorship, with far reaching content, it will surely emerge as a go-to reference of music therapy practice for many years to come.
Rachel Darnley-Smith, Senior Lecturer in Music Therapy, Roehampton University, UK Much has been written about the theory and practice of music therapy, yet an area of practice not addressed often is the role of carers, staff, assistants, students, volunteers and family members as collaborators and skill sharers in music therapy sessions. This book, edited by three very experienced therapists and researchers, fills a large gap in our knowledge of how music therapy works, and is a very welcome addition to the music therapy literature.
Emeritus Professor Denise Grocke, AO, PhD, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne [This book] addresses a myriad of impacts of assistants and collaborators in the music therapy room. The authors write from a clinical, narrative and/or research perspective, while exploring both the roles of different professions co-working on an equal basis with music therapists, and those of parents or other family members present in the therapy room. A historical reflection on assistants and co-therapists in music therapy groups in adult mental health is included, as well as suggested ways forward in training, service development and research. The volume is a valuable resource as it documents a wide variety of possible ways of involving assistants and collaborators to gain as much as possible from the music therapy group or individual session. Whatever roles the assistants and collaborators in music therapy perform, they will always influence the session. As the book clearly states, 'it is not possible to simply be a fly on the wall.'
from the foreword by Gro Trondalen, Professor of Music Therapy, Norwegian Academy of Music Show Less

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