ABSTRACT
This is the first comprehensive overview of the present state of research in art therapy and music therapy in the UK. It challenges assumptions about research in these areas, and makes use of research models from art history and music analysis as well as the more orthodox psychological and medical models used in clinical work. Informative and reassuring for those interested in undertaking research, the book gives lively accounts of the personal process of the art therapy and music therapy researcher. It presents the reader with many original ideas and strategies, and will be an invaluable reference book for practitioners and students of art therapy and music therapy, as well as for health professionals who work with them.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|63 pages
The practice of research
part II|100 pages
Clinical work
chapter Chapter 7|21 pages
Making sense of marking space
chapter Chapter 8|14 pages
Observing offenders
chapter Chapter 9|12 pages
The sound-world of speech- and language-impaired children
chapter Chapter 10|19 pages
The effects of music therapy on a group of adults with profound learning difficulties
part III|58 pages
Context and culture