Relational Music Therapy An Intersubjective Perspective

an exploration of the myriad relational dimensions of music therapy an intersubjective perspective is highlighted in examining how therapeutic change may come about though non verbal relational processes at a micro level these processes are illustrated through psychotherapeutic work in individual and group settings including expressive and receptive music therapy methods the scientific basis is interpretative phenomenology while exploring philosophical theoretical and clinical sources to engage with the nature of music therapy micro processes the book may be interesting to theoretician and clinicians alike table of contents acknowledgment preface introduction interpretative phenomenology chapter 1 the relational turn chapter 2 intersubjectivity chapter 3 development as a dialogical continuum chapter 4 implicit relational knowing chapter 5 vitality chapter 6 synchronization and affect attunement chapter 7 affect integration and mentalization chapter 8 self intersubjectivity and recogntion chapter 9 the music therapy relationship chapter 10 the relational music therapist chapter 11 life world existentials themes of meaning chapter 12 musical intersubjectivity chapter 13 power and responsibility chapter 14 ethics epilogue references