Music Therapy Research Paper
Kayla Lane
February 2, 2013
The Effectiveness of Music Therapy Mental illness and depression runs in my family. Doctors are always trying different treatments or experimental medications to help. Some doctors suggest spending time in a mental institution where everything is monitored and group therapy is required. Others suggest several weekly visits to psychologists for one-on-one sessions. Most of the times these sessions are just stressful the entire time and people in my family think it is a waste of time. So I began thinking of something that could be helpful but also kind of fun. Music therapy is something that I have heard of that uses music listening or composing as a therapeutic method. I know little about it, which is why …show more content…
“Defining Music Therapy” is a book that will help me with the more technical things, such as defining music therapy itself, a working definition, and maybe describing a process. “The Social Psychology of Music” has information on using music therapy individually and in a group, some history on when it emerged as a profession, and has a section that compares music therapy to other treatments. A chapter in “Music and Emotion” discusses a psychological perspective on music and emotions that may or may not be helpful. I found a journal article from the journal “The Arts in Psychotherapy” about three different techniques that can be used and highlights how using music therapy can help patients with mental illnesses who don’t want to talk in a normal therapy setting.
References
Bruscia, K. E. (1998). Defining music therapy (2nd ed.). Gilsum, NH: Barcelona Publishers.
Hargreaves, D. J., & North, A. C. (1997). The Social Psychology of Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Juslin, P. N., & Sloboda, J. A. (2001). Psychological perspectives on music and emotion. Music and emotion: theory and research (pp. 71-104). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Mössler, K., Assmus, J., Heldal, T., Fuchs, K., & Gold, C. (2012). Music therapy techniques as predictors of change in mental health care. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 39(4), 333-341. Retrieved January 31, 2013, from
February 2, 2013
The Effectiveness of Music Therapy Mental illness and depression runs in my family. Doctors are always trying different treatments or experimental medications to help. Some doctors suggest spending time in a mental institution where everything is monitored and group therapy is required. Others suggest several weekly visits to psychologists for one-on-one sessions. Most of the times these sessions are just stressful the entire time and people in my family think it is a waste of time. So I began thinking of something that could be helpful but also kind of fun. Music therapy is something that I have heard of that uses music listening or composing as a therapeutic method. I know little about it, which is why …show more content…
“Defining Music Therapy” is a book that will help me with the more technical things, such as defining music therapy itself, a working definition, and maybe describing a process. “The Social Psychology of Music” has information on using music therapy individually and in a group, some history on when it emerged as a profession, and has a section that compares music therapy to other treatments. A chapter in “Music and Emotion” discusses a psychological perspective on music and emotions that may or may not be helpful. I found a journal article from the journal “The Arts in Psychotherapy” about three different techniques that can be used and highlights how using music therapy can help patients with mental illnesses who don’t want to talk in a normal therapy setting.
References
Bruscia, K. E. (1998). Defining music therapy (2nd ed.). Gilsum, NH: Barcelona Publishers.
Hargreaves, D. J., & North, A. C. (1997). The Social Psychology of Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Juslin, P. N., & Sloboda, J. A. (2001). Psychological perspectives on music and emotion. Music and emotion: theory and research (pp. 71-104). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Mössler, K., Assmus, J., Heldal, T., Fuchs, K., & Gold, C. (2012). Music therapy techniques as predictors of change in mental health care. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 39(4), 333-341. Retrieved January 31, 2013, from