Undergraduate Music Therapy Students' Experiences as Clients in Short-Term Group Music Therapy

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Jackson ◽  
S. C. Gardstrom
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Group Music Therapy

The Impact of Group Music Therapy on Depression and Cognition in Elderly Persons With Dementia

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsin Chu ◽  
Chyn-Yng Yang ◽  
Yu Lin ◽  
Keng-Liang Ou ◽  
Tso-Ying Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Music Intervention ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Moderate Dementia ◽  
Parallel Group Design ◽  
Group Music Therapy ◽  
The Impact

Objective: The aims of this study were to determine the effectiveness of group music therapy for improving depression and delaying the deterioration of cognitive functions in elderly persons with dementia. Method: The study had a prospective, parallel-group design with permuted-block randomization. Older persons with dementia ( N = 104) were randomly assigned to the experimental or control group. The experimental group received 12 sessions of group music therapy (two 30-min sessions per week for 6 weeks), and the control group received usual care. Data were collected 4 times: (1) 1 week before the intervention, (2) the 6th session of the intervention, (3) the 12th session of the intervention, and (4) 1 month after the final session. Results: Group music therapy reduced depression in persons with dementia. Improvements in depression occurred immediately after music therapy and were apparent throughout the course of therapy. The cortisol level did not significantly decrease after the group music therapy. Cognitive function significantly improved slightly at the 6th session, the 12th session, and 1 month after the sessions ended; in particular, short-term recall function improved. The group music therapy intervention had the greatest impact in subjects with mild and moderate dementia. Conclusion: The group music intervention is a noninvasive and inexpensive therapy that appeared to reduce elders’ depression. It also delayed the deterioration of cognitive functions, particularly short-term recall function. Group music therapy may be an appropriate intervention among elderly persons with mild and moderate dementia.

An Investigation into Short-Term Music Therapy with Mothers and Young Children

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amelia Oldfield ◽  
Malcolm Adams ◽  
Lucy Bunce
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Nursery School ◽  
Therapy Session ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Clinical Group ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Music Therapist ◽  
Children And Parents ◽  
Group Music Therapy

This paper describes an outcome investigation into two clinical groups of mothers and young children receiving short-term music therapy. The first group was a closed group of mothers and toddlers receiving six-weekly music therapy sessions. The second group was an ongoing group of parents and babies receiving one music therapy session followed by a discussion of videotaped excerpts of this music therapy session a week later. As a point of comparison, a group of children and parents attending a local nursery school receiving six-weekly music sessions run by a music therapist was also investigated. Video analyses, audio analyses and parent's questionnaires were used to measure results. Comparing information collated from the questionnaires to results of the video analyses revealed that parents attending the clinical group viewed their children's behaviours in a less positive light than control group parents. The article is written from the music therapist's viewpoint. This group music therapy work is described and reflected upon in a more qualitative way in a previous article entitled ‘“Mummy can play too…” Short-term music therapy with mothers and young children’ published two years ago in the BJMT.

The Effectiveness of a Short-Term Group Music Therapy Intervention for Parents Who Have a Child with a Disability

2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. E. Williams ◽  
D. Berthelsen ◽  
J. M. Nicholson ◽  
S. Walker ◽  
V. Abad
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Group Music Therapy ◽  
Therapy Intervention ◽  
Child With A Disability

scholarly journals Working With and Within Chaos

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Brenda Oosthuizen
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Community Music ◽  
Music Therapist ◽  
Support Programme ◽  
Group Music Therapy ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Valuable Complement ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
First Time

The Support Programme for Abuse Reactive Children, was initiated by the Teddy Bear Clinic (an NPO established to protect abused children) in South Africa in response to the increase of child-on-child offenders in this country.  This short-term programme aims to offer holistic rehabilitation to first time young sex offenders and incorporates conventional diversion approaches alongside creative programmes, including group music therapy. Based on a review of my session notes, this paper considers challenges and positive developments I experienced over time as the programme’s music therapist from 2006 to 2016. Although I often experienced this work as chaotic, findings suggest that through co-creating a context-specific music therapy programme alongside group members, clinic staff and the broader community, music therapy has offered an increasingly relevant and valuable complement to the diversion programme. Continuing challenges within this work are also highlighted.

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