Recently added articles from Music Therapy Perspectives:
"Patient Declined": Contemplating the Psychodynamics of Hospice Music Therapy
Jan 01, 2008; Marom, Maya K ... ABSTRACT: The literature on music therapy with hospice patients often accentuates the positive aspects of the process and places less emphasis on difficulties the therapist may face. This article examines specific obstacles that may arise when working with dying patients. Four vignettes are ...
A Music Therapy Treatment Protocol for Acquired Dysarthria Rehabilitation
Jan 01, 2008; Tamplin, Jeanette; Grocke, Denise ... ABSTRACT: Dysarthria is a common form of speech impairment, affecting 20-50% of stroke patients and 10-60% of traumatic brain injury patients (Sellers, Hughes, & Langhorne, 2002). Very little research has been conducted on the effect of treatments for dysarthria and even less has been ...
Preferred Vocal Range of Young and Older Adults: Implications for Music Therapy Majors' Clinical Training Experience
Jan 01, 2008; Cevasco, Andrea M ... ABSTRACT: The purpose of Study 1 was to determine differences in female music therapy (MT) and non-music majors' vocal range. Twenty-seven female MT and 28 female non-music majors participated. Results indicated no significant difference for lowest mean comfortable singing note between groups; ...
The Effects of a Laban/Bartenieff-Based Movement Program with Music on Physical Function Measures in Older Adults
Jan 01, 2008; Hamburg, Janet; Clair, Alicia Ann ... ABSTRACT: A group of 20 healthy older adults (females = 17, males = 3), who ranged in age from 66 to 84 years, participated in a movement program designed to enhance functional outcomes. The program, Motivating Moves®, was designed by a Laban movement analyst. It consisted of 14 movement ...
Mapping Progress within an Individual Music Therapy Session with Full-Term Hospitalized Infants
Jan 01, 2008; Shoemark, Helen ... ABSTRACT: This discussion paper presents Phases of Interplay as a framework to facilitate reflection on progress within individual music therapy sessions with full-term hospitalized infants. Drawing on a nursing protocol for premature infants and principles from psychotherapy, this diagrammatic ...
Are Music Therapists at Risk for Voice Problems? Raising Awareness of Vocal Health Issues in Music Therapy
Jan 01, 2008; Boyle, Sharon R; Engen, Rebecca L ... ABSTRACT: Music therapy can be a vocally demanding profession. The purpose of this article is to raise awareness within our profession of the physiological, environmental, and personal factors that may lead to vocal strain or abuse. In an extensive literature review and database search, no ...
Music Therapy Assessment of Automatic Thoughts: Developing a Cognitive Behavioral Application of Improvisation to Assess Couple Communication
Jan 01, 2008; Botello, R Keith; Krout, Robert E ... ABSTRACT: This article is a description of the Music Therapy Assessment of Automatic Thoughts (MTAAT), a cognitive behavioral intervention designed to help couples improve communication. This method was designed to be a part of the type of communication training exercises that may take place in ...