Seeing Margaret at work, therefore, was not only enthralling but also had practical value for my own endeavours, because it supported my view that, for many people with acute or chronic mental illnesses, the conditions probably had their roots in…

Marianne Bargiel is practicing music therapy since 1991 with children and adults in school, community, and psychiatric facilities. She has taken on Josée Préfontaine’s work at directing the Institut québécois de musicothérapie. She is a candidate for a psychology Ph.…

It was during my training when I came to understand and appreciate the knowledge base and experience that Mary Rudenberg has contributed to the field of music therapy. Medical music therapy was still in its infancy and the music therapy…

Marianne Bargiel pratique la musicothérapie depuis 1991 auprès d’enfants et d’adultes en milieu scolaire, communautaire et psychiatrique. Depuis 2006, elle pris la relève de Josée Préfontaine à la direction de l’Institut québécois de musicothérapie. Elle est candidate au doctorat en…

I travelled to Gera, where Dr. Christoph Schwabe met me [...] It was a cold, windy day, and we sat in front of the fireplace and talked for over two hours about his way toward music therapy, the development of…

Music has the potential and power to reach, move, disturb, comfort or relax persons beyond their cognitive control and to reach innermost depth. A music therapist therefore needs to tread mindfully, with much respect and an astute awareness of boundaries.