Music in therapy: Increasing possibilities for action

The article discusses how music therapy, considered as a discipline as well as arenas of different practices and theoretical models, may contribute to our understanding of how music may influence our actions. Among the many models of music therapy the author discusses an ontology of music which is c...

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Main Author:	Even Ruud
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Exeter 2008-01-01
Series:	Music and Arts in Action
Subjects:	music action change therapy
Online Access:	http://www.musicandartsinaction.net/index.php/maia/article/view/musicintherapy/17

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spelling	doaj-2a58796b0a2d4926a4a7393e79bbf0172020-11-25T01:14:56ZengUniversity of ExeterMusic and Arts in Action1754-71052008-01-01114660Music in therapy: Increasing possibilities for actionEven RuudThe article discusses how music therapy, considered as a discipline as well as arenas of different practices and theoretical models, may contribute to our understanding of how music may influence our actions. Among the many models of music therapy the author discusses an ontology of music which is compatible with a contextual understanding of how musical meanings are produced and performed. The article further presents how theories from receptive music therapy (The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music), improvisational music therapy (Creative Music Therapy), Community Music Therapy, and more resource-oriented ways of working may provide new insights into how music in therapy works in giving us new possibilities for action.http://www.musicandartsinaction.net/index.php/maia/article/view/musicintherapy/17musicactionchangetherapy
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series	Music and Arts in Action
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description	The article discusses how music therapy, considered as a discipline as well as arenas of different practices and theoretical models, may contribute to our understanding of how music may influence our actions. Among the many models of music therapy the author discusses an ontology of music which is compatible with a contextual understanding of how musical meanings are produced and performed. The article further presents how theories from receptive music therapy (The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music), improvisational music therapy (Creative Music Therapy), Community Music Therapy, and more resource-oriented ways of working may provide new insights into how music in therapy works in giving us new possibilities for action.
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Music in therapy: Increasing possibilities for action

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