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Factors Influencing Music Therapy Interns’ Feelings during the Last Half of the Music Therapy Internship
(2009)Music therapy interns experience a wide variety of emotions in regard to the clinical internship, particularly during the last half of the music therapy internship. There is a lack in the music therapy literature pertaining ... -
Factors that Influence Music Therapy Inclusion in Adolescent Residential Treatment in Utah
(2019)Utah houses a significant number of adolescent treatment programs, but many do not offer music therapy services to their clients. Music therapy has been not only effective with adolescents (Gold, Voracek, & Wigram, 2004) ... -
Flow State in At-Risk Youth During Group Music Therapy Improvisation: An Exploratory Study
(2019)A within-subjects exploratory study of at-risk youth participating in four group music therapy improvisation sessions aimed to determine whether the youth achieved a flow state, analyzing changes in each individual’s state ... -
Group Music Therapy in an Acute Mental Health Facility: A Reflection and Strategy of Clinical Practice
(2015)Group therapy work in acute mental health facilities can be challenging to navigate due to external and internal barriers. Recognizing the importance of bringing purpose and intention to clinical work, music therapists ... -
Guided Imagery and Music with a Bereaved Parent: A case study
(2006)The death of one’s child is recognized as one of the most painful experiences a parent may endure. Grief is often overwhelming, complicated and debilitating for bereaved parents. Music therapists have developed unique ... -
Handling Crises on Inpatient Mental Health Units: How Music Therapy Influences the Process of De-escalation
(2022)Patients in psychiatric facilities with severe mental health symptoms may endanger the safety of themselves or others. Healthcare staff may utilize de-escalation techniques and crisis management skills to resolve the ... -
Harps in Hospice - Music Thanatology and Music Therapy in the Care of the Dying: A Description of Philosophies, Training, Clinical Practices and Implications in Hospice Care
(2005)The introduction of music thanatology practices in hospice care has brought a number of concerns to the hospice music therapy community, particularly in those settings that employ both a music therapist and a music ... -
Healthcare Administrators’ Perceptions of Music Therapy: A Survey Study in One Midwestern Area
(2011)Healthcare administrators’ perceptions of music therapy are largely unknown. This study attempted to determine healthcare administrators’ perceptions of music therapy in one Midwestern area. Invitations to participate ... -
An Historical Analysis of White Supremacy in Music Therapy Education: Examining Music Therapy Program Directors’ Awareness
(2021)The present historical inquiry examines music therapy program directors’ awareness of the systems of white supremacy that are present in music therapy education and the institutions where these programs take place. A ... -
A Hospice Music Therapy Bereavement Program Integrating Humanistic and Existential Philosophies
(2013)Available music therapy literature makes clear the benefits that music therapy can have in bereavement. Through songwriting and improvisation, music therapy can facilitate an exploration of hope and meaning in life, ... -
Impact of Songwriting on Behavior of Adolescents With Suicidal Ideation in a Residential Psychiatric Setting: An Exploratory Study
(2017)This study addressed the lack of literature reflecting effective innovative programming suited to the needs of adolescents who suffer with severe suicidal ideation (SI) in residential treatment centers (RTC). Behavior, ... -
In Search of Mother: Reflections on the Role of Music in Spiritual Understanding for One Woman in a Hospice Program and her Music Therapist
(2005)This thesis illustrates the process of utilizing a transpersonal research approach, namely Organic Inquiry, to discuss reflections on the role of music in spiritual understanding for one woman in a hospice program and ... -
The Inclusion of Information on Music Therapy within Nursing Education
(2011)Nurses in professional practice will often encounter the use of complementary and alternative medicines or therapies (CAM) by patients. Music therapy is considered to be a complementary or integrative therapy in many ... -
Integrating Family-Based Music Therapy Sessions with Individuals Diagnosed with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Program Model
(2020)Parents who have a child with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities seek expert advice to aid in alleviating obstacles that their child faces. Often parents find themselves feeling isolated and inadequately ... -
Integrating Music-Based Interventions in a Wellness Program for Health Care Workers: A Manual
(2012)Wellness programs for staff working in health care facilities may reduce the occurrence of burnout experienced in employees (Bittman, Bruhn, Stevens, Westengard, & Umbach, 2003). Literature is reviewed to develop an ... -
Integration of Music Therapy and Child Life Interventions in Clinical Practice: A Descriptive Study
(2015)While the current literature is helpful in informing the general practice of dual-certified child life and music therapy clinicians, the integration of specific child life and music therapy interventions has not been fully ... -
Interdisciplinary Team Members’ Beliefs About the Role of Music Therapy in a Pediatric Outpatient Clinic
(2006)The purpose of this study was to clarify the beliefs of interdisciplinary pediatric treatment team members regarding the role of music therapy in a pediatric outpatient clinic, and to determine if the viewing of an ... -
An Investigation of Appropriateness of Nursing Referrals to Music Therapy and The Effect of Education on Such Referrals
(2004)This investigation had two purposes: to determine if (a) nurses in a hospital setting make appropriate referrals to music therapy, and (b) whether one music therapy in-service would increase the number of appropriate ... -
It’s Child’s Play: Imaginative Play and Improvisation with Neurodivergent Individuals
(2021)Little to no research had been completed on ascertaining the clinical implications of the combined use of imaginative play and clinical improvisation with neurodivergent children in the individual music therapy setting ... -
Music & Healthy Emotions: An Adaptation of a Psychoeducational Group Curriculum
(2008)Psychiatric inpatients who are low functioning, withdrawn, or unable to express healthy emotions may be unable to learn healthy emotional expression through traditional psychoeducational therapy groups. The purpose of ...