Music Therapy And Group Work

Description:
This work brings together the experiences of practitioners who use group music therapy with diverse client groups in various settings. Chapters discuss work with children, adolescents, and adults of all ages, shiwing the wide range of applications for group music therapy: in assessment for clinical diagnosis; in work with clients who have learning disabilities, special educational needs, eating disorders or autistic spectrum disorders; and in neurological rehabilitation. Group music therapy is examined from different theoretical perspectives - including psychoanalytic and Foulkesian approaches - and in conjunction with art therapy.

Table of Contents:
A music therapy group in child and family psychiatry to assist in clinical diagnosis, Amelia Oldfield and Emma Carter; groupwork in an NHS mental health trust child and family music therapy department, Doris Knak and Katherine Grogan; group music therapy in a mental health setting - one man's journey and the importance of time, Helen Odell-Miller; drummed out of mind, John Glyn; sound company - psychodynamic music therapy as facilitating environment, David Stewart; music and communication, Ruth Walsh; groupwork and eating disorders, Helen Loth; group music therapy with older adults, Rachel Darnley-Smith; group music therapy with children and adolescents, Helen Tyler; group music therapy with severely learning disabled adolescents - could I play a different role? Tuulia Nicholls; a music therapy group in a neurological rehabilitation ward, Cathy Durham. (Part contents).

Author Biography:
Alison Davies is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist with a background in mental health work for an NHS Trust. Eleanor Richards is a senior music therapist in the Service for Adults with Learning Disabilities, Lifespan NHS Trust, Cambridge. She is currently training as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist.