Diana Asbridge — Interviewed by Mary Simmons

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-70
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Special Interest ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Advisory Council ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
The Past ◽  
Vice Chair ◽  
State Registration ◽  
Established Role

Diana Asbridge has been APMT Administrator for the past 16 years, and plans to retire in the autumn of 2003. Here she looks back on those years, remembering how the Association has grown from a small group of music therapists struggling to achieve recognition for their profession to its present-day strongly established role working for music therapists. Mary Simmons works freelance within music therapy with both the young and the elderly, with special interest in acute mental health. She is a past APMT Chair, at the time overseeing state registration and the advent of CPD. She is currently Vice-Chair of the BSMT and a member of APMT's Advisory Council.

Auriel Warwick — Interviewed by Mary Simmons

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-50
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Advisory Council ◽  
Geographical Proximity ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Special Schools ◽  
Music Therapist ◽  
School Of Music ◽  
Vice Chair ◽  
State Registration

Auriel Warwick is a full-time music therapist working within education for Oxfordshire. She has worked within numerous special schools and has a particular interest in the autistic spectrum. Auriel has taken on many roles during her career, including Chair of the BSMT following Juliette Alvin's death. She is currently an examiner for the Guildhall School of Music & Drama music therapy course, a registered supervisor and member of the APMT's Advisory Council. Mary Simmons works freelance within music therapy with both the young and the elderly, with special interest in acute mental health. She is a past APMT Chair, at the time overseeing state registration and the advent of CPD. She is currently Vice-Chair of the BSMT and a member of APMT's Advisory Council. Mary was delighted to be asked to do this interview because of her close links with Auriel, not only because of geographical proximity, but also through receiving support, including supervision. The interview took place in Oxfordshire, at Auriel's home.

Using the Evidence Based Medicine Framework to Support Music Therapy Posts in Healthcare Settings

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Clinical Effectiveness ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Medical Settings ◽  
The Past ◽  
Healthcare Settings ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Based Medicine

The Evidence Based Medicine (EBM)1 framework has been incorporated into the field of healthcare practice over the past decade. Whatever our stance as to its benefits and disadvantages, more and more music therapists in health departments and related clinical posts will be asked to account for their work using this approach to the documentation of clinical effectiveness. It is important that music therapists working within clinical service guidelines understand the framework of EBM and are aware of ways in which they can include its precepts in their justifications for practice and posts. The levels of evidence in an EBM approach are presented and discussed and the issues particular to the application of music therapy research findings are explored. Given the author's experience in paediatric medical settings, some of the examples in this paper will refer to the children's hospital context in particular.

scholarly journals Therapeutic Choir - A Music Therapist Looks at the New Millenium Elderly

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Regina de Oliveira Zanini ◽  
Eliane Leao
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Therapeutic Activity ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Music Therapist ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Audio Recordings

This paper is the result of qualitative Music Therapy research in Gerontology. It introduces a new concept, - the therapeutic choir - a therapeutic activity conducted by music therapists for the elderly. Data collection was carried out through such instruments as music therapeutic forms, session reports, audio recordings of sessions (later transcribed), footage, final statements (by the majority of participants) and the transcribed and videotaped interviews of ten participants. A written consent was obtained from the group of participants for the entire process of data collection. Another object of analysis consisted of a video of the last session, which was later shown to three professionals pertaining to different areas. Data analysis was based on the phenomenological paradigm and the participants' profile was quantitatively treated. After the analysis process, three essences emerged from the studied element: singing is a means for both self-expression and self- fulfilment; songs reveal the subjectivity/inner existentiality of the being; and finally, the being's self-confidence instills in the participants of the therapeutic choir expectations about the future. Final considerations indicate that the concept of therapeutic choir may be enlarged and extended to other skilled areas. Finally, it was concluded that when dealing with the elderly, the music therapist should reflect deeply on themes related to life and death, in addition to rethinking his/her relationship with time's multiple faces.

Suicide Prevention International (SPI)

2021 ◽  
pp. 785-786
Author(s):  
Herbert Hendin
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Advisory Council ◽  
Healthcare Economics ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Loved One ◽  
Scientific Advisory

Suicide Prevention International (SPI) was developed with the intention of addressing the increasing rates of suicide and depression worldwide; with a specific focus on developing countries as well as large areas of industrialized countries. The organization is made up of an international network of experts in various areas related to suicide, mental health, and public health. SPI’s scientific advisory council includes representatives from 22 countries with expertise in suicide prevention, public health, healthcare economics, social medicine, youth suicide, suicide in the elderly, and in the problems of those who have lost a loved one to suicide. This chapter provides a description of the organization, as well as the important projects which are being undertaken by SPI in order to treat depression and prevent suicide.

scholarly journals Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT): A Possible Theoretical Frame for Music Therapy Practice in Clinical Psychiatry

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Niels Hannibal ◽  
Melody Schwantes
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Theoretical Frame

The mentalization based treatment (MBT) model may be a valuable theoretical perspective for music therapists to consider using with clients in need of mental health care, particularly those with borderline personality disorder. This article explores some of the basic principles of MBT and its application to music therapy. We have included a case study and reflections for further consideration. It is our hope that music therapists will begin to incorporate this model within their treatment and care of clients with psychiatric disorders. 

scholarly journals Representing People in Music Therapy Research and Practice: A Balancing Act

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Fairchild ◽  
Jennifer Bibb
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Adult Mental Health ◽  
The People

The process of representing people in academic writing and discussion is paradoxical. Drawing on our experiences of research in areas of child welfare and adult mental health, we consider whether the predominantly problem-focused language often used to describe and represent people in music therapy research and practice is congruent with the strengths-based way in which music therapists work. This article describes a "call to action" for music therapists to reflect on the language we use to represent the people we work and research with. We argue the need for a better balance in representing people in music therapy case studies, presentations and articles, by focusing on their strengths and resilience along with their challenges.

Issues in the Training of Music Therapists — Two Views from the Past

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-19
Author(s):  
Julie Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Current Issue ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
The Past ◽  
Therapy Training ◽  
Look Back ◽  
Training Programmes

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 this, 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.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Kitwood's Model of Needs and a Student's Music Therapy Practice in an Acute Assessment Unit for People Living with Dementia and Mental Health Issues

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Maharani Allan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Assessment Unit ◽  
Inductive Methods ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Individualised Care

<p>This study focused on reviewing a student's music therapy practice at an acute assessment unit for people living with dementia and mental health issues, finding links between the placement philosophy, and new ideas about practice. Kitwood's (1997) book on personhood and the needs of people who are living with dementia and other mental health issues appeared to resonate with the student music therapists' practice. This was supported by the active use of his model of needs by nursing staff at the placement. Investigations looked specifically at Kitwood's model of needs; how music therapy links with his philosophy and how interventions during practice connected to those needs. The data was draw from descriptive clinical notes using secondary analysis. The rich qualitative data was analysed using deductive and inductive methods. Findings are presented under Kitwood's model of needs, forming the five categories for the study. The main themes within these categories were then summarised and explanations given under both Kitwood's model of needs and music therapy interventions used to meet them. Though the findings are qualitative, specific to this study and not necessarily generalisable, several links within music therapy practice, and nursing practice revealed the importance and need for more person-centred individualised care programmes for patients in mental health settings.</p>

Music Therapy for People with a Diagnosis of Personality Disorder

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Odell-Miller
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Concern For Others ◽  
Self Harm

Towards the end of the twentieth century focus upon the diagnosis of personality disorder began to change. Previously, people with personality disorders experienced marginalization within mental health services. People with a diagnosis of personality disorder may feel distressed, frightened, and in psychic pain on a daily basis, as well as having emotional and relationship difficulties. They may also engage in self-harm which is difficult to alleviate and often hidden. Music therapists can engage musically with patients, and listen to the music they create in order to better understand their emotions and how they interact with others. These experiences and emotions can then be made more meaningful through subsequent discussions. Through group work processes members can take care of themselves and develop concern for others. In music therapy feelings can be explored that may be difficult to discuss, and a focus away from preoccupation with self-harm can be provided.

scholarly journals Reflections on Change in Arts-based Research: The experience of two music therapists

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Melissa Seabrook ◽  
Carolyn Arnason
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Creative Writing ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Visual Art ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Arts Based Research ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Musical Excerpts

The process of engaging in arts-based research is unique; it draws upon the creative essence of the researcher to work with artistic forms which carry intangible information that is perhaps unknowable by other means.  In this process, the researcher is engaged wholly; all faculties of the person are drawn into the artistic world.  This article explores the experiences of two music therapists conducting arts-based research studies, weaving together distinct narratives with common themes.  The reader is taken along the journey of two separate music therapy research projects: one whose participants are a group of music therapists, one whose participant is a child living with mental health challenges.  Thinking retrospectively, the researchers discuss links between their personal artistry and the arts-based research process, exploring issues such as trust, creativity, and the credibility of information carried in artistic media.  Visual art, musical excerpts and creative writing are included.  By exploring the professional and personal journeys as music therapists in the arts-based research process we highlight the strengths and challenges of this approach that shaped our studies and gave light to emergent understandings through the arts.

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