scholarly journals Combining Music and Imagery in the Context of Medical Music Therapy

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Alison Short
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Facial Expressions ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Medical Music Therapy ◽  
Music And Imagery

We live in a world filled with sounds and images. A storm comes close, we hear the thunder, we see the lightning, we feel the change in the atmosphere. Or we meet with friends – we hear their voices, we watch their facial expressions, and we interact and relate to them based on our own personal experiences of what we see and hear. We go to a concert, we hear the words and the music, and we use our mind to conjure up images that relate to not only the music but also who we are and how we feel as we live in our world...

Applications of Clinical Improvisation and Aesthetic Music Therapy in Medical Settings: An Analysis of Debussy’s ‘L’isle joyeuse’

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Colin Andrew Lee ◽  
Amy Clements-Cortés
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Outcome ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Clinical Outcomes ◽  
Changing Environment ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Medical Settings ◽  
Clinical Improvisation ◽  
Medical Music Therapy ◽  
Musical Process

The application and use of clinical improvisation is an important technique in medical music therapy. Through the analysis of Debussy’s ‘L’isle joyeuse’ this study aims to provide the beginnings of a new way of working within a music-centered philosophy for music therapists in medical settings. The piece is divided into eight sub-sections, offering practical suggestions for how the music can be adapted and used for specific clinical outcomes. Each analysis may be used separately to create smaller improvisations or collectively in varying combinations, to create larger improvisations. Throughout the study connections are made between musical process and clinical outcome. Due to the transparent and ever-changing environment of patient’s experiences in hospital settings, the potential for the free-flowing form of improvisation is emphasized as an important clinical technique. This paper offers a contemporary and musically scientific view of clinical improvisation in medical settings.

Music as Co-Therapist: Towards a Taxonomy of Music in Therapeutic Music and Imagery Work

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margareta Wärja ◽  
Lars Ole Bonde
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Classical Music ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Guided Imagery And Music ◽  
Receptive Music Therapy ◽  
Bonny Method ◽  
Therapeutic Medium ◽  
Music And Imagery

In receptive music therapy, music listening is used as a therapeutic medium in many different ways. The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) is a specific receptive music therapy model where the client or patient listens to selected classical music in an expanded state of consciousness in an ongoing dialogue with the therapist, facilitating symbolic and metaphorical imagery in many modalities. In this model, music is often considered a “co-therapist”, and more than 100 music programs are used to address specific issues and problems. However, no classification of the music used in GIM exists. This article presents a matrix with 3 major categories: 1) Supportive music – 2) Mixed supportive and challenging music – 3) Challenging music, with three subcategories within each category. Based on a review of literature related to music listening in music and medicine the taxonomy is introduced and its relevance for the Bonny Method discussed, with special focus on two adaptations: KMR-Brief Music Journeys and Group Music and Imagery (GrpMI). Vignettes from KMR with one individual cancer patient and from GrpMI sessions with psychiatric patients are presented and related to the taxonomy.

Measuring Supportive Music and Imagery Interventions: The Development of the Music Therapy Self-Rating Scale

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Meadows ◽  
Debra S. Burns ◽  
Susan M. Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Self Rating ◽  
Music And Imagery

scholarly journals Music Therapy in Addictions Treatment: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Recommendations for Future Research

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen M. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Addiction Treatment ◽  
Substance Dependence ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Clinical Literature ◽  
Lyric Analysis ◽  
Abuse Treatment ◽  
Music And Imagery

Substance dependence continues to be a major problem in the United States and a treatment approach that is universally successfully has not been identified. This paper will update an earlier review that encouraged the music therapy community to continuing investigating the efficacy of music therapy. 12 studies, met inclusion for this review. The most common music therapy method to be investigated was lyric analysis, followed by music and imagery methods, and then songwriting. The studies reviewed had a moderate to high risk of bias, and were single session posttest only designs conducted on an inpatient detoxification unit.  Recommendations include suggestions for reducing bias in future studies and continued research on the myriad music therapy methods that are reportedly used in addiction treatment in the clinical literature.  Keywords: music therapy, addictions, substance abuse treatment, systematic                    review.                      multilingual abstract | mmd.iammonline.com 

scholarly journals An Interview with Denise Grocke: Discussing GIM and its Adaptations

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Guided Imagery ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Integral Role ◽  
History Of ◽  
Phd Thesis ◽  
Music And Imagery

This interview with Denise Grocke discusses her paths to music therapy and GIM as well as her integral role in the history of the Australian Music Therapy Association (AMTA) and the Music and Imagery Association of Australia (MIAA). Denise speaks about her interviews with Helen Bonny for her PhD thesis, and her recently published textbook Guided Imagery & Music (GIM) and Music Imagery Methods for Individual and Group Therapy, (co-edited with Torben Moe). Dr. Grocke discusses GIM and its adaptations as well as future directions for GIM research.

scholarly journals Ukrainian Music Therapy - Does It Have a Chance to Exist?

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariya Ivannikova
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Depressed Patients ◽  
Personal Experiences

The following paper presents some personal experiences that helped the author to find her way to music therapy. Particularities of using music therapy with a group of depressed patients in a clinic in Zaporizhzhia are then outlined. The article also gives some information about educational programs in music therapy in Ukraine.

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