Introduction Two approaches to assessment and treatment planning, case formulation and
decision-making, are presented and compared in order to consider what each bring to music …

Although music is the fundamental element of music therapy, music analysis methods are a
particularly under-researched area. This study investigates how and when …

By sharing and shaping a common focus through music, music therapy clients in mental
health care involve themselves in a therapeutic process which is not necessarily bound to …

Music therapists provide a variety of definitions about what music therapy is and how it is
used, dependent on its development of theory construction, and the paradigms of the …

In this chapter we review the range of theoretical stances across European countries and
discuss how different frames of thinking impact the therapist and the development of the …

Music therapy clients' musical instrument choices and their underlying reasoning can be
very useful in understanding the client's inner world. To shed light on this subject, we …

Kapitlerne 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 og 18 omhandler assessment af børn og voksne med neurologiske
udviklingsforstyrrelser, herunder flere med afsæt i autismespektrumforstyrrelser. Formålet …

Bringing together a wide range of European thought on music therapy practice, this book
provides a deeper insight into the aspects of the therapeutic process which are enabled by …

The concepts of assessment, treatment, and evaluation have specific meanings in various
therapeutic domains, including the practice of music therapy. In music therapy …

Music therapists need both advanced musical and therapeutic skills to work as 'health
musicians' in the vast area of 'health musicking'(Trondalen & Bonde, 2012), which ranges …