How does music therapy engage diversity? My participation within three different South African communities offers possibilities, questions and thoughts to music therapists as we form our profession in this country and perhaps also globally. In a diverse, transient community, music…

そもそも音楽療法というのは、西洋であろうがアジアであろうが、既存の社会からどこかはみだすような性質を持っており、受け入れられることだけをめざすと、袋小路にあたるように思う。むしろ音楽療法は、既存の社会を揺り動かしていくもの、人間と関わる音楽という、既存の文化にとって新しい価値観、（あるいは深い価値観）の提示をしていくという可能性をはらんでいるのではないか。
そのために、私たち音楽療法士は何が文化特定的な要素で、何が普遍的な要素であるのかを、臨床、学問、専門性のあらゆる分野で時間をかけて洞察していく必要がある。そうすることでこそ、いつの日か、「経済的自立」にとどまらない本当の意味での「自立」が得られるであろう。

Music therapy in South Africa is slowly negotiating a practice that takes into account our continent's musical vibrancy, as well as contextual understandings of "health" and "illness." Although music therapy in the (so-called) developed world is situated within the paradigms…

This study's purpose was to explore non-pharmacological means for decreasing agitation in hospice patients with late stage dementia administered by caregivers.  Subjects in the study were patients on service with San Diego Hospice and the Institute for Palliative Medicine, diagnosed…

We studied the effects of music upon human emotion with ESA-16, a special computer soft ware program for the analysis of human emotion from EEG. Subjects were 6 old and 8 healthy adult person. Four songs were selected as test…

The approach known as Anthroposophical Music Therapy (AnMt) was developed throughout the 20th century. In this paper we provide an historical and descriptive overview of the  foundations, techniques and methods of AnMt for readers who are not familiar with this…

A common dilemma for music therapists, particularly when treating the symptoms of neurological damage, is deciding whether to employ functional or psychotherapeutic treatment techniques (Jochims 2004). This paper discusses the process and outcomes of combining two different techniques as a…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of music therapy on breastfeeding rates among mothers of premature newborns. METHOD: In an open randomized controlled trial, mothers of premature neonates weighting ≤1750g were submitted to music therapy sessions three times a week for…

Facilitating the expression of preferences and choices of non-verbal adults who have profound and multiple disabilities is important yet challenging. The present research project aimed to examine whether consistent opportunities for expressing song-choices within music therapy resulted in an improvement…

The purpose of this study was to explore the role of the musical culture of an African American child with developmental disabilities in group music therapy. Qualitative methods were employed in an early childhood education setting. First, interview questions were…