Essays On Analytical Music Therapy

this book brings together the major writings of mary priestley on analytical music therapy a psychodynamic approach to clinical improvisation that she pioneered in england included in the thirty one essays are the famous herdecke lectures which have never been published in english selected chapters from music therapy in action and several other articles together the essays form a journal of mrs priestley s masterful clinical work over the decades her ideas her feelings and her music individually the essays poignantly describe the lives of her clients and the paths they found through improvised music mrs priestley interweaves theory with case examples speaking plainly and directly not in the jargon of an expert but in the conversational style of a wise but humble human being openly sharing her life s work with others 1994 paperback 358 table of contents unit one fundamentals 1 history and defintion an introduction to how analytical music therapy developed its definition and how and why it works from analytische musiktherapie 1983 1 2 getting started with the patient discusses elements of the therapist patient relationship the environment and the session that need to be considered from the very beginning of therapy outlines the types of biographical information to be gathered by the analytical music therapist in the initial sessions from analytische musiktherapie 1983 17 3 the emotional spectrum describes how musical improvisation can be used to make a map of the clients emotional world from music therapy in action 1975 pagers 126 152 reprinted by permission of mmb music inc 29 4 techniques for probing the conscious defines and gives clinical examples of techniques for holding splitting investigating emotional investments and somatic communication from music therapy in action 1975 pages 120 128 reprinted by permission of mmb music inc 37 5 techniques for accessing the unconscious defines and gives clinical examples for guided imagery improvisations e g cave mouth asce