The Grief Song-Writing Process with Bereaved Adolescents: An Integrated Grief Model and Music Therapy Protocol

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. A. Dalton ◽  
R. E. Krout
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Writing Process ◽  
Song Writing ◽  
Therapy Protocol

1182: MUSIC THERAPY PROTOCOL FOR REDUCTION OF DELIRIUM IN THE ICU

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 371-371
Author(s):  
Ana Maheshwari ◽  
Aasim Mohammed ◽  
Asif Abdul Hameed ◽  
Salem Mohammad ◽  
Junad Chowdhury ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Therapy Protocol

Music Therapy with Adults Diagnosed with Cancer and Their Families

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare O'Callaghan ◽  
Lucanne Magill
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Functional Restoration ◽  
Assessment Procedure ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Therapy Assessment ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
Spiritual Well Being ◽  
Song Writing

This chapter describes music therapy in cancer care in Western and Asian countries. Detailed descriptions of cancer prevalence, mortality rates, histological classifications, treatments, and biopsychosocial effects are provided. When affected by cancer, music therapy can offer support, enable symptom alleviation, promote endurance and spiritual well-being, and assist in functional restoration and quality of life improvement. An evolving music therapy assessment procedure in oncology is outlined as well as common music therapy methods used in inpatient and outpatient settings, and to promote community ward-based care. Music therapists can: Replay music from the patients’ and families’ lives; help them to explore new musical experiences, such as improvisation, song writing, chanting and toning; and offer music relaxation and supportive or guided imagery experiences. Research has demonstrated music therapy’s positive effects on patients, their families, and staff care givers, reinforcing its important and meaningful role in multidisciplinary oncology care.

Music Therapy in Grief and Mourning

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare O'Callaghan ◽  
Natasha Michael
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Therapeutic Relationships ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Impending Death ◽  
Song Writing ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Therapy Sessions

Music therapists endeavour to understand music’s significance for people who are mourning unfulfilled hopes and a life once lived; who are trying to deal with uncertainty, altered identities, saying farewells, or impending death. Through music-based interventions in therapeutic relationships, music therapists extend the opportunities for music to enable and express mourning which can be congruent with helpful emotional release and coping. Participants are assisted to find comfort and fellowship through identifications with lyrics and sonorities, and the improved expressive capacity offered in music. Expanded awareness and renewed identities can occur through music-based counseling, imagery, improvisation, and song writing. Decedents’ legacies from music therapy may help their mourners to continue and rework bonds with them in bereavement. Such legacies include song recordings, and visual, kinesthetic, and sound memories of shared music therapy sessions.

Harmony of the Heart: Music Therapy

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne B. Hanser ◽  
Susan E. Mandel
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Cardiac Rehabilitation ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Recent Trial ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
Therapy Protocol

This article presents a research agenda that began with the development of a clinical music therapy protocol, including music-assisted relaxation and imagery (MARI), for individuals with heart conditions who are referred for cardiac rehabilitation.  Health-related outcomes of this program were investigated in a randomized controlled trial, finding significant changes in blood pressure over time, and short-term changes in stress and anxiety. A mixed methods study then examined process and outcomes more thoroughly in a small sample of patients.  In a more recent trial, this approach was applied to individuals who have diabetes.  Coming full circle, the research investigations informed an adaptation of the original music therapy protocol for clinical use in cardiac rehabilitation.  Underlying mechanisms in the autonomic nervous system and future research directions are also discussed.

scholarly journals Music therapy in palliative care

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare O’Callaghan
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Symptom Management ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Creative Music ◽  
Quality Life ◽  
Spiritual Well Being ◽  
Song Writing

Music therapists are university-trained professionals who invite palliative care patients, and their significant family members and friends, to explore how creative music-based experiences in therapeutic relationships can address biopsychosocial needs and enhance spiritual well-being. The chapter illustrates how music therapists can extend music’s power to help patients across the lifespan live a quality life and support their families. Patients often choose familiar music to listen to, sing, or play that elicits people, places, emotions, and thoughts that they want to connect with. Through music therapy song writing and improvisation, patients and families creatively explore their ‘playful’ musical and unique selves, and potentially experience helpful new awareness, wonder, pride, and accomplishment. Patients’ song composition legacies can also support the bereaved. Music therapists offer guided music and relaxation or imagery interventions, to soothe and help with symptom management. Extensive quantitative and qualitative research informing music therapy is also outlined and music-based care suggestions are provided for when music therapists are not available.

scholarly journals Music Therapy with Young People in Schools: After the Black Saturday Fires

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina McFerran ◽  
Kate Teggelove
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Community Music ◽  
Loss Of Life ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Song Writing ◽  
The Impact

The Black Saturday bushfires of 2009 resulted in the largest loss of life as the consequence of a natural disaster recorded in Australian history.  The community music therapy project described in this paper took place in a secondary school affected by the fires six months later.  Three groups of young men and women participated in ten weeks of music therapy groups where they were empowered to choose the content and focus of sessions.  Each young person had been impacted in some way by the fires and this was expressed either through improvisations, song writing or song sharing, resulting in a sense of relief.  Although it was important that other group members understood the impact of the bushfires, the young people were more inclined to focus on positive opportunities for growth within the groups and appreciated the fun and freedom of sessions.  They described how "musicing" opened a door for new experiences, both musically and personally, where they were able to more confidently express themselves once group cohesion had been established.  The relevance of community music therapy theory is considered in light of the emphasis on coping by the young people and compared to the implications of adopting a trauma orientation in the context of a natural disaster.

Music Therapy for Hospitalized Children

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Edwards ◽  
Jeanette Kennelly
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Young Patients ◽  
Psychosocial Care ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Family Issues ◽  
Song Writing

This chapter provides information about music therapy practice with children receiving care in a hospital, including information about music therapy service development in new settings. Music therapy offers opportunities for children and their families to be supported while undergoing difficult experiences following an injury or during an illness. Children with life-limiting conditions, and with chronic illness are also treated in hospitals, and can benefit from specialized support and help to cope with their circumstances. Music therapy can be provided to address treatment goals relating to psychosocial care, rehabilitation, pain management, developmental skill attainment, palliative care, and family issues. Music therapists use music improvisation, song singing, instrumental playing, music listening, and music composition, particularly song writing, to support young patients and their families. There is an emerging evidence base to support the role of music therapy as helpful to children and families needing support to cope with hospitalization and treatments.

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