This enlightening text promotes listening to music as a rewarding component in the psychotherapeutic consultation. Unlike other guides on the topic, this book encourages the choice of music to come from the patient, rather than being prescriibed by the therapist. The comprehensive approach considers both theoretical and practical application, in any therapy setting.
Featuring interviews from spiritual leaders, therapists, musicians and poets, the book explores the personal importance of listening to music and discovering how music can bring on strong emotions and reinforce feelings.
Listening to Music in Psychotherapy is a practical guide that is invaluable for psychotherapists, counsellors and music therapists. Healthcare professionals with an interest in music therapy will also find it of great interest, as will course leaders and students in psychology, counselling and psychotherapy.
Biography
Mary Butterton
'Mary's absorbing overview of philosophical, sociological, psychological, and neuroscientific theories of what music is, clears the way for deep appreciation of music therapy. This is book about a new more vital way of understanding the human spirit, and it offers a different way of managing a therapeutic relationship, one that invites the patient to gain hope and pleasure from the rhythm and sympathy of music.'
Colwyn Trevarthen
