Handbook of Music, Adolescents, and Wellbeing

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Music Psychology ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Music And Identity

The Handbook of Music, Adolescents, and Wellbeing explores how young people use music to work with emotions, identity construction, and connectedness, drawing on perspectives from music therapy, music psychology, music education, and music sociology. Authors provide examples of how theory and research is applied in the practice of music therapists working with groups of adolescents and individuals in schools, communities, hospitals, and other institutions. Research into music and emotions is synthesized, and theories about music and identity construction are provided. The ways that young people use music for connections is explored with a particular emphasis on technology, as well as traditional face-to-face connectedness. The Handbook is written for those interested in promoting adolescent wellbeing using music.

Reopening the Conversation Between Music Psychology and Music Therapy

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-201
Author(s):  
Emily Carlson ◽  
Ian Cross
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Music Psychology ◽  
Analysis Of Results ◽  
Common Interests

Although the fields of music psychology and music therapy share many common interests, research collaboration between the two fields is still somewhat rare. Previous work has identified that disciplinary identities and attitudes towards those in other disciplines are challenges to effective interdisciplinary research. The current study explores such attitudes in music therapy and music psychology. A sample of 123 music therapists and music psychologists answered an online survey regarding their attitudes towards potential interdisciplinary work between the two fields. Analysis of results suggested that participants’ judgements of the attitudes of members of the other discipline were not always accurate. Music therapists indicated a high degree of interest in interdisciplinary research, although in free text answers, both music psychologists and music therapists frequently characterized music therapists as disinterested in science. Music therapists reported seeing significantly greater relevance of music psychology to their own work than did music psychologists of music therapists. Participants’ attitudes were modestly related to their reported personality traits and held values. Results overall indicated interest in, and positive expectations of, interdisciplinary attitudes in both groups, and should be explored in future research.

scholarly journals Goal-oriented processes: Exploring the use of goals in music therapy to support young people with autism spectrum disorder

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Oliver Lowery
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Young People ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Case Vignette ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Philosophical Approach

<p>This qualitative research project explored how a student music therapist utilised goal-oriented processes to support young people with autism spectrum disorder throughout their course of music therapy. Inductive thematic analysis of selected literature relating to goals in music therapy developed an initial framework of what goal-oriented processes could include. The student music therapist’s clinical data (including session notes, monitoring sheets, client reports and reflective journal entries) was then coded through deductive secondary analysis, from which five key themes were formed. The findings indicated that clients’ goals were supported by: employing a client-centred philosophical approach; nurturing therapeutic relationships; collaborating with clients and their caregivers; utilising the referral, assessment and review processes; and observing and documenting clients’ development. These goal-oriented processes helped to support goals that were meaningful for the clients and their caregivers. Themes were explored in detail using a case vignette to illustrate and provide a context for the findings. Although the context-bound qualitative nature of this research project limits its generalisability, it attempts to provide insight into what goal-oriented processes in music therapy might include, encouraging other music therapists to consider how they utilise goals in their own practice.</p>

scholarly journals Copyright as a Barrier to Music Therapy Telehealth Interventions: A Qualitative Interview Study (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Reid ◽  
Alex Kresovich
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Lead Author ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Qualitative Interview Study ◽  
Wide Range

BACKGROUND Music therapy is a multifaceted discipline that harnesses the power of music to treat a wide range of patient populations. A therapist who plays music in a private room for a patient is not subject to copyright restrictions. However, in the wake up of the COVID-19 pandemic, music therapy is no longer strictly confined to the face-to-face setting. The present study explores music therapists’ perceptions of copyright law with respect to their ability to provide mediated services to their clients. OBJECTIVE The objective of our study was to investigate whether concerns about copyright law are hampering the diffusion of telehealth innovations or causing music therapists to deviate from preferred treatments. METHODS Eighteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with credentialed music therapists in the United States between May and June of 2020, using video conference technology. Credentialed music therapists were recruited from a list of music therapists provided to the lead author by the American Music Therapy Association. The researchers used referrals from these initial interviewees’ networks and then recruited more interviewees via snowball sampling. Finally, some interviewees were recruited using contact information obtained using Internet searches for qualified participants. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the interview data. RESULTS The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of therapeutic interventions outside of private face-to-face environments: Environments where music therapy practices are largely shielded from copyright infringement concerns. Six main themes emerged, including therapists’ uncertainty about permissible uses of music and therapists’ erring on the side of caution causing lost opportunities for care. Our interview data suggests music therapists have altered therapeutic interventions in suboptimal ways to avoid copyright liability in a physically distanced environment. CONCLUSIONS Music therapists “drag their feet” on offering therapeutically appropriate activities to clients because of copyright concerns. Innovative mediated therapies are shied away from or abandoned. These findings offer a novel contribution to the public health literature by highlighting copyright law as an unexpected and unwelcomed barrier to the diffusion of music therapy practices in technologically-mediated settings.

scholarly journals PREFERENCES FOR VIRTUAL MUSIC THERAPY AND THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE PRACTICE OF CZECH MUSIC THERAPISTS – A DESCRIPTIVE CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

2022 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-33
Author(s):  
Jan Koucun ◽  
Jiri Kantor
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Therapeutic Practice ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Czech Music ◽  
Receptive Music Therapy

The preventive restrictions imposed at the beginning of March 2020 led to the interruption of the therapeutic practice of most music therapists in the Czech Republic. The aim of this descriptive cross-sectional study was to find out what impact this situation had on the music therapy community at the end of May 2020, how many music therapists gained experience with virtual music therapy (VMT) and how ICT and other technologies were used in music therapy practice. A survey with an extended version of a questionnaire created by Gilboa, Weiss and Dassa (not yet published) for the purpose of an international survey in music therapy was used for data collection. Based on the findings, most music therapists at the time had no experience with VMT, but a small number of practitioners were interested in using VMT even after the end of the lockdown. ICT has been used more for receptive music therapy activities and its wider application faces problems such as a lack of knowledge and skills in the use of ICT in the context of music therapy. Based on these findings, a project focused on the implementation of best-evidence concerning VMT into Czech music therapy practice was launched. Also, we recommend creating projects focused on the use of ICT (including applications in music therapy conducted face-to-face) in the near future.

Playing With Chaos: Broadening Possibilities for How Music Therapist’s Consider Chaos in Group Work With Young People

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Oosthuizen ◽  
Katrina McFerran
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
South African ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Group Process ◽  
Therapy Group ◽  
Organizational Studies ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
The Arts ◽  
African Context

Abstract Many music therapists have alluded to challenges in their work with groups of young people. However, chaos, incorporating experiences of disintegration and destruction, is a construct often overlooked in music therapy literature. Some music therapy authors have related experiences of chaos to the struggles faced by young people referred for therapy. These experiences require management, modification, or resolution. The authors of this article synthesized broader understandings and approaches towards chaos described in literature from fields including music therapy group work, drama therapy, the arts, psychoanalysis, organizational studies, and philosophy. Chaos is positioned as an inherent and necessary aspect of music therapy groups with young people, situated within a mutually potentiating relationship with more ordered features of a group process. From this paradoxical perspective, therapeutic transformation is enabled through creativity that holds the tension between order and the destructiveness of chaos. When chaos is welcomed in music therapy groups and framed within appropriate boundaries, the authors argue that experiences of chaos can be harnessed to support engagement with the paradoxes of creativity and destructiveness. The provision of a space to play with chaos supports young people who are required to flourish within adverse, chaotic life circumstances. The significance of this position for a group of young people who have committed offences in the South African context is highlighted.

scholarly journals Goal-oriented processes: Exploring the use of goals in music therapy to support young people with autism spectrum disorder

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Oliver Lowery
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Young People ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Case Vignette ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Philosophical Approach

<p>This qualitative research project explored how a student music therapist utilised goal-oriented processes to support young people with autism spectrum disorder throughout their course of music therapy. Inductive thematic analysis of selected literature relating to goals in music therapy developed an initial framework of what goal-oriented processes could include. The student music therapist’s clinical data (including session notes, monitoring sheets, client reports and reflective journal entries) was then coded through deductive secondary analysis, from which five key themes were formed. The findings indicated that clients’ goals were supported by: employing a client-centred philosophical approach; nurturing therapeutic relationships; collaborating with clients and their caregivers; utilising the referral, assessment and review processes; and observing and documenting clients’ development. These goal-oriented processes helped to support goals that were meaningful for the clients and their caregivers. Themes were explored in detail using a case vignette to illustrate and provide a context for the findings. Although the context-bound qualitative nature of this research project limits its generalisability, it attempts to provide insight into what goal-oriented processes in music therapy might include, encouraging other music therapists to consider how they utilise goals in their own practice.</p>

scholarly journals The Relevance of Disability Perspectives in Music Therapy Practice with Children and Young People who have Intellectual Disability

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daphne Joan Rickson
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Young People ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Participatory Approaches ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Models Of Disability ◽  
Music Research ◽  
Broad Overview

This paper considers the ways in which a disability studies orientation can be incorporated into music therapy approaches with children and young people who have intellectual disability. A broad overview of medical, social, cultural and affirmative models of disability precedes a vignette describing music therapists and young people with intellectual disability engaged in a music research project which was grounded in the affirmative approach.  The young people valued opportunities to be engaged in both music and research activities, and worked hard to express their views and to act upon them in the music context.  However several expressed relatively high levels of ambivalence regarding potential opportunities that were afforded to them in the wider community, highlighting the need for adults to carefully monitor the ‘activist’ stance in the context of individual experience. The significant potential for music therapists to engage in participatory approaches with children and young people with intellectual disability is highlighted.

scholarly journals Wybrane metody rehabilitacji dziecka z zaburzeniami słuchu i mowy

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-314
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Konarczak–Stachowiak
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Speech Therapy ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Speech Development ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Music Psychology ◽  
Sound Therapy ◽  
Adult Organism

Music therapy and choreotherapy are two extensive term. They do not apply only music, movement and therapy, but they include a lot of modern science, for example: psychology, music psychology, psychotherapy, psychiatry, medicine, pedagogy, special pedagogy, music education, physic education, audiology, acoustics, psychoacoustic, speech therapy, sociology, music philosophy, musicology and diffrent kind of therapy by art and movement. Therefore sound therapy and movement therapy is trans–disciplinary. It is unique thing like music and natural thing like movement. Basic kind of movement with music in therapy and rehabilitation: dance, recreation with music and movement, gymnastic with music and physical improvisation. The effectiveness of methods that use sound and movement in hearing and speech therapy is due to fact that: music and speech include rhythm, melody, tempo, volume, articulation, timbre, phrasing, accents etc.; speech development can coincide with motor development. The movement is main form child’s development. Disorders in the motor development of the child have a direct or indirect impact on the development of the child’s speech. When we teach our child motor development, also we support the development of speech, becouse the brain has one point that connect these two features. Music and movement activities with elements of music therapy, choreotherapy and rhythm therapy trains sense of rhythm, hearing and music memory and it is very important for harmonious and quiet growing up child’s – on a intellectual, physical, emotional and social plane, because of it all of processes that work in adult organism are improved. Main objective of the activities is develop different skills, attitudes and habits.

scholarly journals Music, Violence and Music Therapy with Young People in Schools: A Position Paper

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Skewes McFerran ◽  
Andreas Wölfl
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Position Paper ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Negative Relationships

Music therapists have rarely involved themselves in the discourse linking music and violence.  Instead, representatives of the profession have advocated for the positive outcomes that can result from the use of music by trained therapists working with people who have experienced violence or been violent.  In this position paper, we will elaborate a much-needed position that first acknowledges the ways that music can promote violence, and then focuses on different ways to work with young people involved in violence.  The position paper is structured around the examination of three types of music therapy programs and our purpose is to bring to light the beliefs that underpin each program, both the viewpoints about the cause of violence, and assumptions about how potentially negative relationships between young people and music can be made positive.  We conclude by describing different methods for evaluating such programs that are congruent with the assumptions that underpin them.  It is hoped that the positions we delineate will support music therapists and others to be more conscious of the relationship between music and violence when designing programs for young people.

scholarly journals Report on the Current State of Practice and Training of Music Therapists Working With Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Skewes McFerran ◽  
Giulia Fedrigo ◽  
Andreas Wölfl
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Current State ◽  
Ongoing Work ◽  
To Come ◽  
And Training ◽  
Answering Questions ◽  
Share Information

The practice of music therapy with adolescents is growing around the globe and there is increased recognition that young people have particular needs. In this report, we share information received from 247 music therapists about training about and practice with adolescents that was collected in 2016–2017. The music therapists were from 25 countries and had the option of answering questions in three languages—English (n = 114), German (n = 97) and Italian (n = 36). The most common workplaces were hospitals and schools with young people who have disabilities and mental health challenges. Answers also suggest that employment patterns in the field are slightly different to other colleagues who work with similar adolescents, and although ongoing work is available, the number of hours are not high overall. The information gathered provides a picture of how university programs around the globe emphasise the importance of emotional and social needs of adolescents, and the value of developmental and humanistic approaches to practice in a range of contexts. There was less reference to contemporary theories or practices and more emphasis on traditional practices that are similar to those used with adults. This suggests that the field may still be evolving in relation to adolescent approaches to practice, and the time for rebellion against dominant traditions of practice and theorising may be still to come. In the meantime, there is remarkable consistency across the countries surveyed and solid foundations have been laid for competent music therapy practice with young people.

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