Artistic Music Therapy An Individual Group And Social Approach

this book introduces a model of music therapy that places artistry at its core in this model the aim of music therapy is to help clients reconcile and transform the various dichotomies in their lives as they are uniquely encountered and worked through in each client s musical and artistic endeavors and creations the first part of the book contains chapters that provide a theoretical frame for artistic music therapy its reliance on improvisation and its social applications the second part contains chapters that describe its use with comorbid substance abuse and a case study on sexual dysfunction contents about the author dedication acknowledgments introit inciso complementarity in music therapy chapter 1 antecedents of artistic music therapy chapter 2 a description of artistic music therapy chapter 3 procedural features of artistic music therapy chapter 4 clinical reflections on artistic music therapy chapter 5 sketching a theory of improvisational music therapy chapter 6 personal work chapter 7 health perspective south america chapter 8 life monologue sandra chapter 9 social music therapy in perspective sharing an experience chapter 10 social music therapy and levels of participation chapter 11 music therapy in substance abuse chapter 12 reflections on comorbid substance abuse and music therapy chapter 13 artistic music therapy to complement regular substance abuse treatment chapter 14 artistic music therapy in comorbid substance abuse chapter 15 the role of music therapy in sexual dysfunction and multimorbid substance abuse references appendices