Music therapy and addictions / edited by David Aldridge and Jorg Fachner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aldridge, David, 1947-

Fachner, Jörg.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Compulsive behavior--Alternative treatment.

Compulsive behavior.

Music therapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Jessica Kingsley, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This research-based, practical book demonstrates how music and music therapy can be applied in a variety of treatment settings to bring about therapeutic change. This book will be of interest to music therapists, substance abuse counsellors and anybody else interested in the relationship between music and addiction and the therapeutic use of music.

Contents:

FRONT COVER; Music Therapy and Addictions; Contents; Introduction: Coherence and Timing; 1 Music Therapy, Drugs and State-dependent Recall; 2 Authenticity and Intimacy: The Experienceof Group Music Therapy for Substance DependentAdults Living in a Therapeutic Community; 3 Drug Addicts and Their Music:A Story of a Complex Relationship; 4 The Role of Music Therapy in Helping Drug Dependants; 5 'How to Deal Music'? Music Therapy with ClientsSuffering from Addiction Problems: Enhancing Coping Strategies; 6 Music Therapy with ChemicallyDependent Clients: A Relapse Prevention Model

7 Music Therapy as a Part of Drug Rehabilitation: FromAdhering to Treatment to Integrating the Levels of Experience8 Gambling Addiction: Evaluation of a MultimethodTreatment Programme Including Music Therapy; Chapter 9The Aldridge Model: AnEcological Systemic Approach; THE CONTRIBUTORS; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781283905107

1283905108

9780857002945

0857002945

OCLC:

698114964