The Oxford Handbook of Music Therapy.

Cover -- The Oxford Handbook of Music Therapy -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: Conceptualizing Music Therapy: Five Areas that Frame the Field -- Section One: Music Therapy Contexts and Populations Across the Life Span -- 1. Music Therapy: An Evidence-based Allied Health Service Applicable through the Life Span -- 2. Music Therapy in the Medical Care of Infants -- 3. Music Therapy for Hospitalized Children -- 4. Music Therapy for Children and Adolescents Diagnosed with Cancer -- 5. Music Therapy with Adolescents in Medical Settings -- 6. Music Therapy with Adults Diagnosed with Cancer and Their Families -- 7. Music Therapy and Parent-Infant Programmes -- 8. Family Approaches in Music Therapy Practice with Young Children -- 9. Music Therapy in the Context of the Special School -- 10. Music Therapy for People with Autism Spectrum Disorder -- 11. Music Therapy and Rett Syndrome -- 12. Music Therapy for Children and Adults who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing -- 13. Music Therapy in Mental Health Care for Adults -- 14. Adult Trauma Work in Music Therapy -- 15. Music Therapy for Women Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence -- 16. Music Therapy with People Who Have Eating Disorders -- 17. Music Therapy for People with a Diagnosis of Personality Disorder: Considerations of Thinking and Feeling -- 18. The World is Alive! Music Therapy with Adults with Learning Disabilities -- 19. Music Therapy and Traumatic Brain Injury -- 20. Music Therapy for People Who Have Alzheimer's Disease -- 21. Music Therapy in Grief and Mourning -- Section Two: Approaches and Models of Music Therapy -- 22. Approaches and Models of Music Therapy -- 23. Feminist Perspectives in Music Therapy -- 24. Psychodynamic Music Therapy -- 25. The Field of Play: A Focus on Energy and the Ecology of Being and Playing.

26. Poised in the Creative Now: Principles of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy -- 27. Rudolf Steiner and the development of Anthroposophical Music Therapy: A Historical Overview -- 28. Aesthetic Music Therapy -- 29. Culture-Centered Music Therapy -- 30. Resource-Oriented Perspectives in Music Therapy -- 31. Developmental Music Therapy -- 32. Community Music Therapy -- 33. Vocal Psychotherapy: Discovering Yourself through the Voice -- Section Three: Music Therapy Methods -- 34. Methods and Techniques -- 35. Songwriting Techniques in Music Therapy Practice -- 36. Group Music Therapy Reconsidered: Of Musics, Contexts, and Discourses -- 37. Receptive Music Therapy -- Section Four: Music Therapy Research -- 38. Music Therapy Research: Context, Methodology, and Current and Future Developments -- 39. Music Therapy Research: An Overview -- 40. Charting the Terrain of Grounded Theory Research in Music Therapy: Where We've Been and Where We Have the Potential to Go -- 41. Phenomenological Research in Music Therapy -- 42. Randomized Controlled Trials in Music Therapy -- 43. Mixed Methods Research in Music Therapy -- 44. Researching Music Therapy in Medical Settings -- Section Five: Music Therapy Training and Professional Issues -- 45. Training, Education, and Professional Issues in Music Therapy -- 46. Music Therapy Training Requirements -- 47. Developing New Posts in Music Therapy -- 48. Collaborating: A Role for Music Therapy within Interprofessional Teams and Beyond -- 49. Recognition of Music Therapy in Europe -- 50. Self-care in Music Therapy: The Art of Balancing -- Author Index -- Sunject Index.

Music therapy is growing internationally to be one of the leading evidence-based psychosocial allied health professions to meet needs across the lifespan.The Oxford Handbook of Music Therapy is the most comprehensive text on this topic in its history. It presents exhaustive coverage of the topic from international leaders in the field.

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