1. A story told from practice. David Aldridge, University Witten Herdecke. 2. Therapeutic narrative analysis as a narrative case study approach. Gudrun Aldridge, University Witten Herdecke. 3. `How wonderful that I've been born - otherwise you would have missed me very much!' Barbara Griessmeier, University Hospital, Frankfurt. 4. Song creations by children with cancer - process and meaning. Trygve Aasgaard, National Hospital of Norway. 5. A case study in Guided Imagery and Music (BMGIM). Denise Grocke, University of Melbourne. 6. The use of single case designs in an interactive play setting. Petra Kern, University of North Carolina. 7. The use of single case designs in testing a specific hypothesis. Cochavit Elefant, Bar Ilan University. 8. Music and sound vibration: testing hypotheses as a series of case studies. Tony Wigram, Aalborg University. 9. Music therapy with the elderly: complementary data as a rich approach to understanding communication. Hanne Mette Ridder, Aalborg University. 10. Cannabis, brain physiology, changes in states of consciousness and music perception. Jörg Fachner, University Witten Herdecke. 11. Guidelines for case study design research in music therapy. David Aldridge, University Witten Herdecke. References. Subject index. Author index.
A well-exampled reference source presenting the unique advantages of case study designs in music therapy
Gudrun Aldridge is a music therapist, university lecturer and supervisor in Germany. She studied music therapy in London and carried out her doctoral research at Aalborg University in Denmark. Her main areas of interest are psychosomatic medicine, music therapy with breast cancer and dementia patients, and the links between music sciences, aesthetics and therapy. She has previously contributed to several music therapy books, including Case Study Designs in Music Therapy and Music Therapy in Palliative Care, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
the text is a welcome contribution to the music therapy literature,
as it richly and effectively conveys the editor's message on both
the plurality and unique advantages of case study designs in music
therapy. The text is perhaps best suited as a reference source for
examples of different case study designs, as well as for examples
of cases themselves. Such a reference source could benefit music
therapy clinicians and researchers (particularly the final chapter
on guidelines for designing and implementing case study research).
Moreover, with supplemental resources on the basic elements of case
study design, it could also benefit music therapy students
(undergraduate and graduate) and educators.
*British Journal of Music Therapy, Brian Abrams, PhD, MT-BC, LPC,
LCAT, FAMI, has been a practising music therapist since 1995, and
currently serves as Assistant Professor and Director of Music
Therapy at Immaculata University in Pennsylvania, USA*
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