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Resource-Oriented Music Therapy in Mental Health Care

Rolvsjord, Randi (2010). Resource-Oriented Music Therapy In Mental Health Care. Gilsum, NH: Barcelona Publishers. 282 pp, ISBN 978-1-891278-55-6

Reviewed by Alexander Crooke, University of Melbourne

Randi Rolvsjord is a registered and practicing music therapist, and an Associate Professor at the Grieg Academy and the Grieg Academy Music Therapy Research Centre (GAMUT), in the department of […]

Music Therapy Education and Training

Music therapy education and training: From theory to practice, by Karen D. Goodman. Springfield: Charles C Thomas Publisher Ltd.(2011), 324 pp, ISBN 978-0398086091.

Reviewed by Simon Gilbertson, University of Bergen

Karen Goodman’s landmark book, “Music therapy education and training: From theory to practice” provides a unique and excellent resource for the field of education and […]

Music Therapy and Parent-Infant Bonding

Music Therapy and Parent-Infant Bonding, edited by Jane Edwards, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK (2011) ISBN 978-0-19-958051-4.

Wolfgang Schmid, University of Bergen

The book Music Therapy and Parent-Infant Bonding edited by Jane Edwards presents a carefully compiled collection of work on music therapy and parent-infant bonding with the focus on infants and adults in challenging […]

Forms of Vitality

Stern, Daniel (2010). Forms of Vitality: Exploring Dynamic Experience in Psychology, the Arts, Psychotherapy, and Development. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Reviewed by Simon Gilbertson, University of Bergen

Daniel Stern’s work has played a highly significant role in the field of music therapy for decades. Since the early 1980’s Stern has moved through terms such as […]

Musik & demens

Ridder, Hanne Mette. (2005). Musik & demens: Musikaktiviteter og musikterapi med demensramte. Århus: Klim.

Reviewed by Solgunn E. Knardal, Bergen Red Cross Nursing Home, Bergen, Norway.

The area of music therapy in the care for elderly is becoming increasingly significant. Reflecting demographic changes, we are seeing an increasing number of music therapists working in the […]

Adolescents, Music and Music Therapy. Methods and Techniques for Clinicans, Educators and Students.

McFerran, Katrina (2010) Adolescents, Music and Music Therapy. Methods and Techniques for Clinicans, Educators and Students. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Reviewed by Philippa Derrington MA. Music therapist at Cottenham Village College and Centre School, Cambridge UK.

Adolescents, Music and Music Therapy – © Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Adolescents, Music and Music Therapy by Katrina […]

Guitar skills for music therapists and music educators

Meyer, P., De Villers, J. & Ebnet, E. (2010). Guitar skills for music therapists and music educators. Barcelona Publishers, Gilsum. 143 pp., ISBN 978-1-891278-56-3

Reviewed by Viggo Krüger, PhD Candidate, GAMUT / Music therapist, Aleris Ungplan

Cover from Guitar skills for Music Therapists – ©Barcelona Publishers

I will begin this book review with a […]

Integrated team working

Twyford, K., & Watson, T. (Eds.). (2008). Integrated team working: Music therapy as part of transdisciplinary and collaborative approaches. London: Jessica Kingsley.

Reviewed by Alison Ledger, Leeds Institute of Medical Education, University of Leeds, United Kingdom (A.Ledger@leeds.ac.uk)

The publication of Integrated team working in 2008 marked a significant step in the development of music therapy […]

Dances with Spiders: Crisis, celebrity and celebration in Southern Italy

Ludtke, Karen (2009): “Dances with Spiders: Crisis, celebrity and celebration in Southern Italy” New York, Oxford Berghahn Books. 254 pages. Series: Epistemiologies of Healing

Reviewed by Simona Nirensztein Katz. MA Tavistock School of London. MT, AD Jerusalem. “Shir”: Psychodynamic Music Therapy Association, Florence Italy.

In her book “Dances with spider”, Karen Ludtke, DPhil in […]

Arts Therapies – A Research Based Map of the Field

Karkou & Sandersons book Arts Therapies reveiwed by Lucy O’Grady […]