Music Therapy in Context: A Training Manual for Home Care, Residential and Day Care Staff

by Mercedes Pavlicevic

Making a significant contribution to a theory of music therapy, this book addresses current music therapy debates to do with meaning: are words necessary in creative music therapy? How is clinical improvisation distinct from 'pure' music improvisation? If so, what is the nature of the distinction? How do music therapists address culture-specific nuances in music, and in concepts of healing rituals?

The book is in three parts. The first explores...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853024341
• ISBN13: 9781853024344
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"