The Handbook of Music Therapy Book

	List of illustrations
	List of contributors
	Acknowledgements
	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Background and context	7
1	Setting the scene	9
2	Practicalities and basic principles of music therapy	27
3	First meetings with four music therapists	53
Pt. II	Clinical chapters	67
4	Suzanna's story: Music therapy with a pre-school child	71
5	'Hullo object! I destroyed you!'	84
6	Music therapy with adults with learning disabilities	97
7	Music therapy and neurology	115
8	Music therapy in forensic psychiatry: a case study with musical commentary	132
9	Musical narratives in music therapy treatment for dementia	149
	Postscript to Part II	157
Pt. III	Training	161
10	Evolving a capacity for wondering: the development of observation and listening skills	167
11	Beginning the clinical journey	189
12	Developing the musical journey	216
	Postscript to Part III	235
Pt. IV	Professional life	239
13	The professional music therapist	245
14	Some reflections on music therapy research : an example of collaborative enquiry	270
15	Transformation, Ovid and Guided Imagery and Music (GIM)	290
	Endnotes	308
App. I	Approved postgraduate music therapy training courses in the UK	321
	App. II: List of resources	323
App. III	Association of Professional Music Therapists (APMT): Code of Professional Ethics and Discipline	325
	Bibliography	328
	Name index	343
	Subject index	347