Becoming a music-centered therapist / Suzanne Sorel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sorel, Suzanne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music therapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Dallas, TX : Barcelona Publishers, [2021]

Summary:

Becoming a Music-Centered Therapist is a hands-on practical book designed to help students and professionals integrate--or re-integrate--their identity as a musician with their career as a music therapist. Theory, context, and step-by-step exercises combine to encourage students and practitioners in examining their relationship to music, prompting thoughtful questions about how their musical identity can expand what's possible clinically, and deepening insight into how to spark this growth in the design of their treatment plans. The author crafts clinical scenarios and musical examples to guide readers in building dynamic treatment plans that combine music with the complex needs of the human beings with whom they work. The strategies and philosophy at the heart of Becoming a Music-Centered Therapist help the reader bridge the divide between humanistic understanding and evidence-based outcomes. Language and communication choices, as well as the practical application of goals, are explored in depth. Music therapy educators will find this book's clear-cut practical framework--juxtaposed against a backdrop that crosses multiple disciplines--will work well in treatment planning, methods, practicum, internship, and clinical musicing classes and can be used repeatedly during different stages of a student's training. For music therapy practitioners, Becoming a Music-Centered Therapist offers a refreshing opportunity to consider where their own musicianship resides in their practice. Humanism, positivity, and the art and science of music therapy are explored to infuse the music therapist's sessions with new life and renewed purpose.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Beginnings

Musician Musings: The Process of Becoming In Clinical Improvisation

Chapter 2. Clinical Musicianship and Musical Identity

Chapter 3. Music-Centered Musings

Chapter 4. Humanism and Strengths-Based Music Therapy-A Natural Fit

Chapter 5. Language and Communication Choices Matter

Chapter 6. Navigating the Big and the Small

Chapter 7. Treatment Planning A-B-C-D's

Chapter 8. Real-World Application

Chapter 9. Pivoting.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Sorel, Suzanne Becoming a Music-Centered Therapist

ISBN:

9781945411717

OCLC:

1321791147