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Volume 11 No 1 1997

Supervision in Context: A Balancing Act  p4 - p12

Sandra Brown

Abstract

This paper explores the concept of supervision in general, and music therapy supervision in particular.  It suggest factors which have to be taken into account in each supervisory relationship, and looks at finding a balance in accommodating these factors within a clear supervisory frame.  This is illustrated by case material from the author's own supervisory work.

When Having Means Losing, Music Therapy with A Young Adolescent with a Learning Disability and Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties  p13 - p19

Ruth Walsh

Abstract

This paper describes ten hours of music therapy work with a twelve-and-a-half-year-old girl, giving specific details of the proves of events during sessions and the development of the therapeutic relationship.  Central to the therapist's thinking about the work was the notion of the client's struggle between wanting, but being unable to bear, good feelings, and not wanting, but needing to hold on to, bad feelings.  Turning good feelings into bad, in order to feel in control, was a predominant theme.  The therapy was carried out within a broadly psychodynamic theoretical framework, with particular reference to the work of Melanie Klein in relation to the processes of splitting within the 'paranoid-schizoid' position (Klein 1946).  the paper also refers to Anne Alvarez's notions (1992) of the importance of the aspirational aspects of play and the anticipation of identification wit a 'good object', and thus, the possibility of reparation.  This article is based on a paper presented at the first National Conference on Music and Disability, Maynooth, Republic of Ireland in 1994.

'Kinesis und Katharsis': The African traditional concept of sound/motion (music): its application in, and implications for, music therapy - Part III   p20 - p23

Dr Anthony-Ekemezie Mereni

Abstract

This paper falls into three broad sections, the first two of which were published in BJMT 10:1 (1996).  The first section provided a brief introduction to the African philosophy of music and musical instruments and explored the reasons behind the therapeutic powers attributed to music; the second section considered the traditional African causal theory of ailments and the relevance of the different uses of music in almost all traditional medical interventions in African society.

This third and final section is an attempt to draw up an evaluative paradigm of some traditional music therapeutic practices and techniques in the light of  modern music therapy.  Mention is made of several traditional music therapy practices but, overall, the paper does not have an anthropological bias.  this paper is a partial report of current research into traditional African music therapy and is motivated by the author's interest in identifying those aspects of African music therapy which may have correlations in Western music therapy methodology and practice.

Stretto  p24 - p25

Multi-cultural awareness in music therapy

Book Reviews  p26 - p30

Music Therapy Research and Practice in Medicine: From Out of the Silence by David Aldridge/Reviewed by Leslie Bunt

Music at the Edge: The Music Therapy Experiences of a Musician with AIDS by Colin Lee/Reviewed by Michele Forinash

Grief and Powerlessness: helping people regain control of their lives by Ruth Bright/Reviewed by Howard Delmonte

Vol 11 No 2 1997

Musical Elaborations, What has the New Musicology to say to music therapy?  p36 - p44

Gary Ansdell

Abstract

In this article I review some of the latest books in what has been called the 'New Musicology'.  I also ask why music therapists and musicologists seem until now to have taken so little notice of each other's work, but suggest that this situation is changing.  Developments in critical thinking about music represented by the 'New Musicology' may be of particular relevance to music therapist searching for theoretical perspectives on their work.  But equally the theorists of the 'New Musicology' could learn much from music therapy - which can be seen in many ways as a 'laboratory' for new thinking about the nature of music and its place in society.

Music Therapy with Adults who have Traumatic Brain Injury and Stroke  p45 - p50

Heather Purdie

Abstract

Following an overview of the epidemiology and clinical features of traumatic brain injury and stroke, standard rehabilitation programmes are discussed, with consideration of the therapeutic aims and outcomes of these interventions.  The physical, cognitive, communicative, social and psychological consequences of neurological impairment are explained, and the role of music therapy in rehabilitation programmes is introduced.  A review of the literature on music therapy and TBI and stroke form 1983-96 includes details of more recent developments and research in Europe and the United States of America.  Models of intervention are discussed, such as rhythmic re-training of upper limb movements and gait; treatment of aphasia; and the treatment of the psychosocial effects of TBI and stroke.  Links with theoretical frameworks such as environmental enrichment are considered.

The model of intervention for TBI and stroke developed recently in Scotland is discussed in detail.  The value of improvisation in enhancing self-esteem and achievable outcomes is emphasised, as well as the importance of using familiar music to enhance reminiscence and motivation in people with intact musical memories.  Case studies will demonstrate how a model of intervention has emerged.  Research with people with stroke, recently completed in Scotland, is summarised, and future directions for music therapy provision and research in the UK discussed.

Group Analysis and Improvisation: A Musical Perspective  p51 - p55

Esme Towse

Abstract

The writings of S.H. Foulkes, founder of group analysis, abound with musical imagery.  This paper describes how musical experience has contributed to the author's understanding of aspects of group analytic theory and practice, and is an attempt to put some of that understanding back into the development of a model of group music therapy.

Stretto  p56

Culture, Cross-Culture and Multi-Culture

Book Reviews  p57 - p59

The Anti-Group: Destructive Forces in the Group and their Creative Potential, by Morris Nitsun/Reviewed by David Stewart

Teaching Children with Autism: Strategies for Initiating Positive Interactions and Improving Learning Opportunities, by Robert L. Koegel & Lynn K. Koegel/Reviewed by Tony Wigram