ABSTRACT
Portraits of Everyday Practice in Music Therapy is an edited volume of case studies providing music therapy students and new professionals with critical reflections on everyday clinical practice across a variety of treatment settings, theories, approaches, and cultural contexts.
These case studies articulate the important foundational work occurring around clinical breakthroughs to illustrate less of what music therapy could be given extraordinary circumstances and more of what music therapy frequently is given realistic circumstances. Additionally, each author explores the impacts of cultural values, expectations, and roles on clinical contexts through examinations of their sociocultural identities and how they intersected with those with whom they worked. Discussion prompts at the end of chapters help readers engage in similar reflective practices and sustain engagement with introduced concepts and ideas.
By providing ecological real-world contexts for practice and culturally reflexive lenses through which to understand how therapeutic processes evolved, music therapy students and professionals can be better prepared for the authenticity and complexity of everyday clinical work.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Unit 1|48 pages
Developing Clinical Readiness as a Music Therapist in Training
chapter Chapter 2|10 pages
From Culture Shock to Integrating Preferred Music by Youth
chapter Chapter 3|13 pages
Cases From the Heart
chapter Chapter 4|10 pages
Developing Adaptability and Bridging Authentic Relationships in Entry-Level Music Therapy Training
part Unit 2|41 pages
Aligning Personal Values and Emerging Clinical Identities as a New Professional
chapter Chapter 5|10 pages
Discovering Self Through Reflexivity and Shared Social Identities With Clients
part Unit 3|58 pages
Attuning, Adapting, and Maturing in Practice
chapter Chapter 9|13 pages
Connecting, Disconnecting, and Reconnecting Through Changes in Therapeutic Context
chapter Chapter 13|11 pages
The Ebb and Flow of the Therapeutic Journey
part Unit 4|58 pages
Embracing Complexity and Ambiguity in Practice
chapter Chapter 14|11 pages
The Extended Discharge
chapter Chapter 16|12 pages
Sound, Silence, and Spoken Word
chapter Chapter 17|9 pages
Reconnecting Musicians With Music at the End of Life
chapter Chapter 18|12 pages
“Luchando tu Estas”
part Unit 5|47 pages
Embracing Loss in Therapeutic Closure