Music Centered Therapy

music centered music therapy is an ambitious and long awaited text that sets out the basic practices and principles of approaches to music therapy that place music and musical experience in a central role the text provides a philosophical and practical rationale for musical experience as a legitimate goal of clinical music therapy it is comprehensive in its historical examination of music centered thinking in music therapy and the manifestation of this way of thinking in various contemporary music therapy models the latter part of the book develops the specifics of a particular music centered theory that is meant to be applicable across different domains of treatment this book is essential for readers interested in the development of theory in music therapy for music centered practitioners who have been searching for a vocabulary and conceptual framework in which to articulate their clinical approach and for anyone interested in the intrinsic value of musical experience for human development isbn 1 891278 25 8 46 table of contents dedication v acknowledgments vii tables xii figures xii preface xv part i the context for music centered theory in music therapy 1 1 the nature of theory 3 2 theory in music therapy 13 the role of theory in contemporary music therapy a conceptual framework for music therapy theory meta theoretical issues in music therapy 13 17 28 part ii the nature of music centered theory and practice 45 3 origins and foundations of music centered music therapy 47 what is music centered music therapy and how has it developed music as a medium one basis of music centered theory musicing as the core of music centered practice the necessity of a theory of music as a basis for music centered music therapy can a notion of music derived from nonclinical contexts be the basis for music therapy 4756 65 6869 4 values central to musicing in music centered music therapy 77 the idea of musical values musicing requires an understanding of silence musicing requires lis