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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. ...

Kerry Devlin, Kyurim Kang, and Alexander Pantelyat (eds.) 2023.  Music Therapy and Music-Based Interventions in Neurology: Perspectives...

Nicholas Cook (2024) Music, Encounter, Togetherness, Oxford University Press. What music is really about is, of course, a concern for...

Raymond MacDonald and Suvi Saarikallio 2024.  Healthy Musical Identities and New Virtuosities: A Humble Manifesto for Music Education...

Lucy Bolger and Katrina Skewes McFerran (2024). Music Therapy and Anhedonia: A Case Study. The Arts in Psychotherapy , Online, August 8....

Niels Hannibal og Gitta Strehlow (2024). Music Therapy with Patients with Personality Disorder: Advantages and Challenges. Voices , Vol....

Simon Procter (2024). Music Therapy as a Profession and Practice. The shifting Interrelationship of Precarity and Entrepreneurialism.  ­...

How does the Power Threat Meaning Framework affect music therapy?   Mary Boyle and Lucy Johnstones book A Straight Talking Introduction...