Music Therapy
You need to be aware that the titles shown below are just a small selection of the Music Therapy books we can supply. Please contact us first for a competitive quote on any book you are looking to purchase.
A Graphic Guide to Music Therapy
Our Price: £15.99 (with free UK delivery)
What are the core concepts of music therapy? What do music therapists do and how do you become one? What actually happens in a therapy session? And how does music therapy make a difference?
In the style of a graphic novel, A Graphic Guide to Music Therapy answers these questions and more. Music therapy and its key concepts, theory and practice are introduced through illustrations and text.
Intercultural Music Therapy Consultation Research: Shared Humanity in Collaborative Theory and Practice
Our Price: £32.50 (with free UK delivery)
Drawing on primary research undertaken in a special school in Belarus, this book provides fresh perspectives on supporting the optimisation of relationships between teaching staff and hard-to-reach children with complex needs through learning and experience based in musical interaction, creativity and play.
The Handbook of Music Therapy
Our Price: £27.50 (with free UK delivery)
The Handbook of Music Therapy takes the reader on a journey through the historical and contemporary landscape of the field of music therapy, updated with the latest practical, sociocultural and theoretical perspectives and developments in music therapy.
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Songs of Discovery for Music Therapy: A Practical Resource for Therapists and Educators
Our Price: £22.39 (with free UK delivery)
This rich collection of 32 original songs assists you in supporting the development of positive educational and therapeutic outcomes. Born of clinical work by music therapists at The Center for Discovery, areas addressed through the songs include fine and gross motor skills; cognitive and academic skills; social skills and emotional skills.
Symbolic Play and Creative Arts in Music Therapy with Children and Families
Our Price: £20.00 (with free UK delivery)
With verbal children and families increasingly referred to music therapy, this edited book explores the topic of play in music therapy and sets itself apart by focusing on child-led play and symbolic play. The book presents a wide range of experienced music therapists’ creativity and professional skills in integrating music and expressive arts modalities, from musical, developmental, attachment, and psychodynamic perspectives.
This title is due to be published on the 18th December 2024. You can if you wish, order it now at our special pre-publication price and we will deliver it to you as soon as it becomes available.
Developing Early Verbal Skills Through Music: Using rhythm, movement and song with children and young people with additional or complex needs
Our Price: £24.99 (with free UK delivery)
Drawing on current research about the connections between music and speech, this book explains how and why musical activities can be used to support the mechanisms and processes needed for speech.
Exploring High-risk Offender Treatment and the Role of Music Therapy
Our Price: £33.99 (with free UK delivery)
Exploring High-risk Offender Treatment and the Role of Music Therapy explores the treatment delivered to high-risk offenders with complex needs, focusing on sex and violent offenders. The book advocates for the further use of less traditional and creative therapies, in particular, music therapy.
Trauma-Informed Music Therapy: Theory and Practice
Our Price: £27.99 (with free UK delivery)
Trauma-Informed Music Therapy is a timely volume that combines theoretical perspectives on trauma-informed practice with real-life applications in music therapy practice.
Goal Processes in Music Therapy Practice
Our Price: £25.99 (with free UK delivery)
The processes around identifying therapeutic goals with your client are at the centre of ethical music therapy practice. A combination of primary qualitative research with existing literature allows for a thorough understanding of how goal setting is influenced by both the therapist and the person with whom they work, and the levels of collaboration possible between client and therapist in different settings.
Receptive Music Therapy: Techniques, Clinical Applications and New Perspectives (2nd Edition)
Our Price: £26.50 (with free UK delivery)
The second edition of Receptive Music Therapy builds on the foundations of the first but provides a completely new rendition, replete with examples from contemporary practices and recognising the value of online music therapy experiences.
Music Therapy in Mental Health for Illness Management and Recovery
Our Price: £45.99 (with free UK delivery)
Many music therapists work in adult mental health settings after qualifying. For many, it will be a challenging and even daunting prospect. Yet until now, there has been no psychiatric music therapy text providing advice on illness management and recovery.
Musical Assessment of Gerontologic Needs and Treatment – The MAGNET Survey
Our Price: £28.50 (with free UK delivery)
A unique integration of assessment components based on the American Music Therapy Association standards of practice, MAGNET complies with the criteria of the minimal data system (MDS) and requirements for accreditation of facilities that provide services.
Music Therapy with Military and Veteran Populations
Our Price: £19.99 (with free UK delivery)
The first book to address this growing practice, it will inspire, inform and empower therapists and professionals working with and supporting military populations.
The Self-Restorative Power of Music: A Psychological Perspective
Our Price: £23.50 (with free UK delivery)
This book explores how we can understand the place of music from a self psychological perspective, by investigating three journeys; the one we take when listening to music, the literal journey of the author from Nazi Germany to the US, and the subjective round-trip between the past and the present.
Music Therapy in Adoption and Trauma: Therapy That Makes a Difference After Placement
Our Price: £20.00 (with free UK delivery)
Following a decade of dramatic change within the adoption practice, this book is an invaluable resource for those looking to support individuals and families impacted by adoption.
Creative DBT Activities Using Music: Interventions for Enhancing Engagement and Effectiveness in Therapy
Our Price: £15.99 (with free UK delivery)
This book provides clinicians (particularly those specialising in DBT) with music activities and creative ideas to implement with existing practices, to strengthen what clients are being taught in DBT skills groups. These new ideas can be used with clients individually, in groups, or be given as homework.
Self-Expression through Art and Drumming: A Facilitator’ s Guide to Using Art Therapy to Enhance Drum Circles
Our Price: £17.99 (with free UK delivery)
This concise guide explains the theory behind drumming for therapy, as well as giving practical advice on facilitating and leading drum circles. The book explains why drumming is therapeutic, offers hands-on guidance for using drums in group therapy and details specific techniques to lead to increased engagement.
Music Therapy in a Multicultural Context: A Handbook for Music Therapy Students and Professionals
Our Price: £32.50 (with free UK delivery)
Music therapy professionals work with diverse population groups, and this book provides therapists, and those in training, with the tools to integrate understanding of different cultural and social identities into their practice.
The Arts Therapies: A Revolution in Healthcare
Our Price: £27.99 (with free UK delivery)
This comprehensive overview will be an essential text for students and practitioners of the arts therapies. It is international in scope, fully up-to-date with innovations in the field and will be relevant to new practitioners and those looking to deepen their understanding.
The Use of Voice in Music Therapy
Our Price: £41.99 (with free UK delivery)
An excellent resource for educators to use in teaching music therapy methodology, and music therapy voice, Use of Voice in Music Therapy is also useful for clinicians of all levels who wish to re-connect with singing and who are looking to renew creativity in clinical practice. Voice teachers and vocalists may find helpful ideas.
Toward a Sociology of Music Therapy: Musicking as a Cultural Immunogen
Our Price: £56.99 (with free UK delivery)
Toward a Sociology of Music Therapy: Musicking as a Cultural Immunogen addresses how music therapy may expand its theoretical foundation toward sociology in order to meet some of the major health challenges in contemporary societies.
Basic Verbal Skills for Music Therapists
Our Price: £63.99 (with free UK delivery)
This innovative new text provides a clear and practical foundation for understanding how words and verbalization can be used in a variety of ways in music therapy to meet the individual needs of each client across a range of settings. The focus is on giving music therapy students and young professionals a roadmap for deciding why, when, and how to use basic verbal skills in their work.
Embodied VoiceWork: Beyond Singing
Our Price: £43.50 (with free UK delivery)
Embodied VoiceWork: Beyond Singing is an introduction to the theory and practice of Embodied VoiceWork (EVW), a comprehensive method developed by the author exploring vocal improvisation as an expressive language and transformational tool. This book serves as a resource for exploring one’s own voice and using voice as an integral part of the therapeutic process. It lays out the resources and the power within the process of connecting into music, the body and the breath, and freeing the voice.
Music Therapy in Child Welfare: Bridging Provision, Protection, and Participation
Our Price: £43.50 (with free UK delivery)
Music Therapy in Child Welfare explores the relationship between children’s rights and international child welfare and music therapy theory, research and practice. The purpose of the book is to contribute to an increased awareness among adults who work with children and adolescents in child welfare settings regarding music’s role, music therapy, and children’s rights.