ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book discusses music and art in Western and non-Western cultures, to shed light on the value and meaning attributed to the arts across continents, and to create a context for the application of music and art in therapy. Embedding difference into established practice requires more than just a desire and enthusiasm to do so. For those family therapists who used the techniques and reported back, positive feedback appeared to be linked to their sense of themselves as creative, or a belief that the practice of family therapy is a creative phenomenon. If the received definition of creativity is "the production of ideas which are both novel and useful", it is possible that family therapists may construct these techniques as creative and, thus, novel and useful.
