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Viggo Krüger and Kathleen M. Murphy 2025.  Child-Centred Music Therapy: Integrating Best Interest of the Child into Theory, Research, and Practice . Palgrave Macmillan. Foreword by Andeline dos Santos. Open access https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-85724-9 Viggo Krüger, Professor of Music Therapy at the Grieg Academy, University of Bergen, and Kathleen M. Murphy, Associate Professor of Music Therapy at The State University of New York, have written a book on mu

Hartmut Rosa.  The Uncontrollability of the World . polity, 2020. There is an element of unpredictability in music therapy encounters with clients. We cannot fully control the outcome of an improvisation, how a musical interaction will unfold, or whether the music we have selected for listening will evoke a response in the client. Music therapists have developed a range of methods, techniques, and procedures intended to ensure, as far as possible, that we can create favorable

Elizabeth Coombes, Samuel Gracida, and Emma Maclean (Eds.) (2025).  Music Therapy with Displaced Persons: Trauma, Transformations, and Cultural Connections.  Foreword by Viggo Krüger. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 288 pages. A new anthology from a group of highly qualified music therapists on an exceptionally timely topic. As the title suggests, this is a book about music therapy for displaced people — those who are forced to flee, asylum seekers, or refugees. The main focus i

Even Ruud www.comunitasonore.it First of all, I would like to thank the organizers for inviting me to come to Verona. It is a great pleasure for me to be here and to share some ideas about the development and future of music therapy. I have decided to try to speak in Italian – even though I do not speak it perfectly – and I hope this will not make it difficult to understand what I want to communicate. Of course, you can also follow the interpreter, or read my presentation – i

Patricia Zarate de Perez (Ed.).  Latin American Cultural and Musical Contexts in Music Therapy . Jessica Kingsley Publishers, May 2025....

Hartmut Rosa 2023.  When Monsters Roar and Angels Sing. Eine kleine Soziologie des Heavy Metal.  Kohlhammer The German sociologist...

Victoria Kammin and Julie Russel (Eds.).  Music Therapy in Children’s Palliative Care: Collaborative Family and Practitioner Voices ....

Daniel Levitin:  Music as Medicine. How We Can Harness Its Therapeutic Power. Cornerstone Press, 2024. 405 pages. I visit my favorite...

Different musical genres each have something to contribute to music therapy. When it comes to jazz, there are many commonalities with...

Tatjana Schnell:  The Psychology of Meaning in Life . Routledge, 2021 For the field of music therapy, the question of how we define and...

Raymond MacDonald, Tia DeNora, Maria Sappho, Robert Burke, and Ross Birrel (2025).  New Directions in Musical Collaborative Creativity:...

Michael L. Zanders (2024). Philosophy and Theory in Music Therapy. Navigating the Labyrinth. Barcelona Publishers, 274 pages (e-book)....

If we maintain that music therapy is rooted in the humanities, we can find a strong alliance with medical professionals who expand their...

Susan C. Gardstrom, James Hiller, Annie Heiderscheit. Contributing Author: Nancy Jackson (2025). Re-Creative Methods of Music Therapy....

Sandra L.  Curtis (2019).  Music for Women (Survivors of Violence). A feminist Music Therapy Interactive eBook. Barcelona Publishers. 495...

Colin Lee (red.) 2024. The Oxford Handbook of Queer and Trans Music Therapy . Oxford University Press.   First, here is a film...

Colin Lee (red.) 2024. The Oxford Handbook of Queer and Trans Music Therapy . Oxford University Press.   It is shocking to hear accounts...

CAMT (2022). Colonialism and Music Therapy. Barcelona Publishers It takes motivation to tackle an anthology of 605 pages, 25 chapters of...

What strikes me as I read from Soile Päivikki Hämäläinen’s dissertation  “I sound” – Yoik as Embodied Health Knowledge  is the overlap in...

Katrina Skewes McFerran og Carol Barbara Lotter (2024). The Psychology of Music Listening for Health and Wellbeing Professionals. ...