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Vol 19 No 1 2005

International Interview Series  -  Monika Nöcker-Ribaupierre, Tracey Jones and Claire Flower  p5 - p8

Expanding on the central theme of this issue, three music therapists give their responses to questions concerning the development of the profession in different areas of Europe.  These three views of different aspects of the development of music therapy in a variety of countries place the work of the UK profession into perspective, as well as raising some important further questions for the future.

Monika Nöcker-Ribaupierre is based in Germany, leading the music therapy training course in Munich, and is the current General Secretary of the European Music Therapy Confederation; also in this edition we publish a review of her most recent publication Music Therapy for Premature and Newborn Infants (Barcelona Publishers).  Tracey Jones works in Dublin and heads the Music Therapy Department at Cheeverstown House.  Tracey is an active member of the Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapists (IACAT), an organisation that is involved in new developments in the creative arts therapies professions in Ireland.  Claire Flower is the Chair of the British Society for Music Therapy and well known both in the UK and internationally as a clinician, presenter and author.

Steering a path through change: observations on the process of training  p9 - p15

Tessa Watson

Abstract

There are very few papers or articles that focus upon either learning and teaching, or student change, in the music therapy training experience.  This paper considers the process of change during training.  The student perspective is considered by using quotations from trainee music therapists.  These quotations have been gathered over several years through small research projects studying learning and teaching.  These quotations from students will be used to illustrate the author's thoughts about change and the process of training.  Theories of learning and teaching are used to further illuminate the author's conceptualisation of student training.

Issues in the training of music therapists- two views from the past  p16 - p19

 

Relating to the leading article in this edition of the journal, we reprint two short contributions published between 1988 and 1993, focusing on different issues about music therapy training.  While these articles originally stood alone, they can be seen as perspectives from the past that also resonate with the present, and the current issue of the journal.  They also draw together some general and specific ideas about the development of music therapy and the place of training programmes within these, a topic that is embedded in the Interviews from this issue.  Taken as a whole, while very much of their time, these views from the past enable us to both look back and forwards, and provide another perspective from which to view this edition of the journal

 

And the question is...?  p16 - p18

 

Alison Carter

 

No Abstract

 

Music therapy training: a personal experience  p18 - p19

 

Judith Webster

 

Abstract

This article explores a personal experience of a music therapy training course.  It attempts to identify that which constitutes the change from a musician to a music therapist, looking specifically at the personal challenge of self-discovery which is involved in that process.

Essay Review  p20 - p28

 

Musicing, time and transcendence: theological themes for music therapy 

 

Gary Ansdell

 

No Abstract

 

Musical Improvisation, Heidegger, and the Liturgy: A Journey to the Heart of Hope

By Andrew Cyprian Love (2003, Edwin Mellen Press ISBN 0-7734-6726-2)

 

Theology, Music and Time

By Jeremy S. Begbie (2000, Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-521-78568-5)

Book Review p29 - p32

Music Therapy for Premature and Newborn Infants

Edited by Monika Nöcker-Ribaupierre, Reviewed by Jacquiline Robarts

 

 

Vol 19 No 2 2005

International Interview Series  -  Lord Alderdice, Prof. Dr. Jos De Backer, Dr Alison Barrington, Nuala Murray  p41 - p44

The Interview Series focuses on four differing  views of the proposed EMTR, from both inside and outside the profession, as well as giving a national and international overview.  In addition to actively assisting the development of a psychotherapy service in Northern Ireland, Lord Alderdice has been a supporter of the arts therapies for many years, and brings an informed outsider's view of our profession.  His experiences as the post-Good Friday Agreement Speaker of the N. Irish Assembly and his current work within the House of Lords provide a valuable perspective for our profession.  Jos De Backer is well-known as a presenter and author, and brings both an international view as President of the EMTC, as well as from within the profession in his twin roles of clinician and training programme head.  From the UK profession, Alison Barrington and Nuala Murray offer respectively a national and regional view of what a Europe-wide registration scheme might mean.  Alison's recent PhD examined professional issues and this combined with her role as clinical, teacher, and member of the APMT Executive offers a unique stance;  Nuala's clinical experience reflects her role in the pioneering work undertaken within Northern Ireland, where contracts have always been related to setting up new services in areas where there has been no music therapy previously.  These four interviewees offer contrasting responses to the concept of the European Music Therapist Register, against which the readership can add their own thoughts.

Parents, Children and their Therapists.  A collaborative research project examining Therapist-Parent Interactions in a Music Therapy Clinic p45 - p59

Simon Procter

Abstract

This paper reports on a collaborative research project, conducted at the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre, London, which investigated parental involvement (including therapist-parent interactions) in their children's music therapy.  It observes a tension between therapists' dual concerns on the one hand to preserve confidentiality and on the other to inform and support parents in relation to their child's music therapy.  It suggest a reformulation of confidentiality based on the development of relationships founded on trust and the supported exercise of informed judgement.  The collaborative research process, although unusual in music therapy, is considered to have much to offer.

Music Therapy as a short-term intervention with individuals and families in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service p59 - p66

Claire Molyneux

Abstract

There seems to be a growing interest in both music therapy with families and short-term therapy, and a body of music therapy literature relating to these areas.  Within the context of waiting list targets in the NHS, therapists are increasingly experiencing a demand for short-term, effective interventions that are easily accessible for families and individuals.  This paper describes a way of working that has developed through clinical work at Tanglewood, the Children's Day Resource at Leicestershire Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) and focuses on the use of music therapy as a short-term intervention that has developed with individuals and families.  Case studies will be used to illustrate a model of short-term work and some relevant literature will also be discussed.

Holding a steady beat:  The effects of a music therapy program on stabilising behaviours of newly arrived refugee students p67 - p74

Felicity Baker & Carolyn Jones

Abstract

Vulnerability to crisis in newly arrived refugee youth is common as they try to come to terms with past traumatic experiences and acculturate to the new country in which they have settled.  This study examined the effects of a short-term music therapy program on the changes to the Behaviour Symptom Index (BSI, Reynolds and Kamphus, 1998) of 31 new refugee youths attending an English language reception centre in Brisbane.  A cross-over design with two five-week intervention periods was employed with group music therapy sessions conducted one-two times per week.  Results indicate that changes to BSI scores approached significance indicating trends that music therapy affected a positive change on generalised behaviour.  Findings are discussed with reference to stabilising and preventing crises with this population.

Music Interventions in Oncology Settings: A Systematic Literature Review p75 - p83

Maria Pothoulaki, Raymond MacDonald & Paul Flowers

Abstract

This paper presents a systematic review of published research investigating therapeutic applications of music in cancer patients.  The review focuses on published international research from the USA, Canada, Australia and European countries using four electronic databases: PSYCHINFO, WEB OF SCIENCE, MEDLINE and SCIENCEDIRECT. Twenty four papers were identified and each paper was coded in terms of sample type, basic research question, research design and methodological details, results and implications for future research.  Utilising previous work such as Aldridge (2003) as a point of departure, this review provides information on the key areas of interest in the psychology of music therapy and the therapeutic use of music amongst cancer patients and gives an account of the methodological approaches that were adopted.  Results provide an overview of reported outcomes of music interventions such as reduction in anxiety, reduction in side effects of chemotherapy, physiological effects, behavioural improvements and communication and expression improvements.

Book Reviews  p84 - p88

Working Therapeutically with Women in Secure Mental Health Settings

Edited by Nikki Jeffcote and Tessa Watson, Reviewed by Stella Compton Dickinson

 

Music & Consciousness: The evolution of Guided Imagery and Music

by Helen Lindquist Bonny (2002)

Edited by Lisa Summer, Reviewed by Gro Trondalen