GRAPHIC GUIDE TO MUSIC THERAPY

MATNEY,BILL

ISBN 10: 1839977280 / ISBN 13: 9781839977282

Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2024

Seller Inventory # NWUS9781839977282

Synopsis:

What are the core concepts of music therapy? What do music therapists do and how do you become one? What actually happens in a therapy session? And how does music therapy make a difference?

In the style of a graphic novel, A Graphic Guide to Music Therapy answers these questions and more. Music therapy and its key concepts, theory and practice are introduced through illustrations and text.
Beginning with an overview of music therapy as both a practice and a career, the essential approaches, techniques, treatments and settings of music therapy are visualised and discussed, making this book the perfect companion on your journey as a music therapist and tool for advocacy and education about the field.

About the Author:

Bill Matney is an Assistant Professor of Music Therapy at University of Kansas. He is author of Tataku: The Use of Percussion in Music Therapy, and co-author of Roots and Branches: Songs of Tradition and Culture. He also presents consistently at regional and national conferences of the American Music Therapy Association.

Becca Kurtz MT-BC works as a Music Therapist in acute inpatient pediatric services in The University of Kansas Health Systems. She is studying for a Master's in Healthcare Administration.

Mandy Griffin, MME, MT-BC works as the Expressive Therapies Manager and music therapist at a community mental health center in Topeka, KS

Amy E. Huxtable earned their Master of Science in Art Therapy Counseling from Emporia State University in 2019. They work as an art therapist at The University of Kansas Health System: Marillac Campus.

Bibliographic Details

Title: GRAPHIC GUIDE TO MUSIC THERAPY
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication Date: 2024
Binding: Soft cover
Illustrator: Huxtable, Amy E
Condition: NEW