The study of music therapy : current issues and concepts / Kenneth S. Aigen.

Author/creator Aigen, Kenneth author.
Format Electronic
PublicationNew York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014.
Copyright Date©2014
Description1 online resource
Supplemental ContentTaylor & Francis
Subjects

Contents The identity of the music therapy profession -- The identity of the professional music therapist : roles and related disciplines -- Psychodynamic, social, and music-centered perspectives on music -- Musical styles in music therapy : culture, identity, and the nature of change -- The medium of music and clinical goals -- The relationship between clinical and nonclinical music -- The role of verbalization in music therapy -- The client-therapist relationship in music therapy -- Music therapy and traditional healing practices : definitional issues -- Music therapy and traditional healing practices : clinical applications -- Community music therapy : origins and definitional issues -- Perspectives on performance in community music therapy -- Early interaction theory and music therapy -- Neurological science and music therapy -- Evolutionary theory and music therapy -- An overview of current music therapy frameworks -- A comparative analysis of current music therapy frameworks.
Abstract "This book addresses the issues in music therapy that are central to understanding it in its scholarly dimensions, how it is evolving, and how it connects to related academic disciplines. It draws on a multi-disciplinary approach to look at the defining issues of music therapy as a scholarly discipline, rather than as an area of clinical practice ... Some of the topics discussed include defining the nature of music therapy, its relation to current and historical uses of music in human well-being, and considerations on what makes music therapy work. Contemporary thinking on the role of neurological theory, early interaction theory, and evolutionary considerations in music therapy theory are also reviewed. Within each of these areas, the author presents overview of the development of thinking, discusses contrasting positions, and offers a personalized synthesis of the issue."--Publisher's description.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Aigen, Kenneth. Study of music therapy. New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014 9780415626408 0415626404
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