Integrating Musical and Psychological Thinking: The Relationship Between Music and Words in Clinically Improvised Songs

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Abstract

This article is based on the author's qualitative research on his own clinical method by examining the improvised songs that were created by the therapist and client during one course of Nordoff-Robbins music therapy. The client had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, stage 4, and began music therapy treatment soon after.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)106-116
Number of pages11
JournalMusic & Medicine
Volume1
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2009

Keywords

  • Nordoff-Robbins
  • clinical improvisation
  • medical music psychotherapy
  • music psychotherapy
  • music therapy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • Music

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