Essays on analytical music therapy / by Mary Priestley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Priestley, Mary, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music therapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania : Barcelona Publishers, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book brings together the major writings of Mary Priestley on Analytical Music Therapy, a psychodynamic approach to clinical improvisation she pioneered in England. Included in the thirty-one essays are: the famous "Herdecke Lectures" (which have never been published in English), selected chapters from Music Therapy in Action, and several other articles. Together, the essays form a journal of Mrs. Priestley's masterful clinical work over the decades-her ideas, her feelings, and her music. Individually, the essays poignantly describe the lives of her clients, and the paths they found throug

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Table of Contents; Unit One: Fundamentals; 1. History and Definition; 2. Getting Started With a Patient; 3. The Emotional Spectrum; 4. Techniques for Probing the Conscious; 5. Techniques for Accessing the Unconscious; 6. Techniques for Ego-Strengthening; Unit Two: The Therapeutic Relationship; 7. The Therapist-Patient Relationship; 8. Transference and Countertransference; 9. More on Empathic Countertransference; 10. Survival; 11. Music Therapy and Love; Unit Three: The Music

12. The Place of Structure In Musical Improvisation13. The Meaning Of Music; 14. The Musical Response; Unit Four: Theoretical Concepts; 15. Some Basic Concepts Of Freud And Klein; 16. Defence Mechanisms And Some Examples; 17. Music, Freud And The Port Of Entry; Unit Five: The Therapeutic Process; 18. Times Of Stress And The Opportunity For Maturation; 19. Analytical Music Therapy And ""The Detour Through Phantasy""; 20. The Inner Child; 21. Affirmations And Celebrations; 22. Case Study Of A Depressed Patient; 23. Case Study: Music And The Shadow; 24. Case Study: Music And The Listeners

Unit Six: Variations25. Analytical Music Therapy With Recidivists; 26. Preliminary Music; 27. Analytical Music Therapy With Children; 28. Case Study: Couple Therapy; 29. Intertherapy; Unit Seven: Cadence; 30. Ending The Session Or Treatment; 31. Postlude: The Ineffable; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-36695-9

9786613366955

1-891278-64-9

OCLC:

956277692