The Art and Science of Music Therapy Book

	Acknowledgements
	Foreword
	Preface
	Contributor details
1	Music as a therapeutic intervention in medical and dental treatment: Research and clinical applications	3
2	The effects of music, vocalisation and vibration on brain and muscle tissue: Studies in vibroacoustic therapy	23
3	The effect of consistent tempi and physiologically interactive tempi on heart rate and EMG responses	58
4	Approaches to music therapy in psychiatry with specific emphasis upon a research project with the elderly mentally ill	83
5	The Bonny method of guided imagery and music	112
6	Linking sound and symbol	129
7	Short-term verbal and musical memory in schizophrenia: Implications for theories of working memory and cerebral dominance	139
8	The therapeutic relationship in music therapy as a tool in the treatment of psychosis	157
9	Interpersonal processes in clinical improvisation: towards a subjectively objective systematic definition	167
10	A model of assessment and differential diagnosis of handicap in children through the medium of music therapy	181
11	Music therapy and the child with cerebral palsy: directive and non-directive intervention	194
12	Music therapy in the education service: research with autistic children and their mothers	209
13	Communicating through music: The balance between following and initiating	226
14	Elizabeth: A case study of an autistic child in individual music therapy	238
15	Music therapy and people with severe learning difficulties who exhibit self-injurious behaviour	261
16	Music therapy assessment for developmentally disabled clients	273
17	Perspectives on a developmental model of music therapy with mentally handicapped adults	288
18	A comparison of mother-infant interactions and the client-therapist relationship in music therapy sessions	296
19	Music therapy as a facilitator in grief counselling	309
20	Listening and accepting	324
21	Retrieving the losses of Alzheimer's disease for patients and caregivers with the aid of music	342
22	Music therapy for hearing impaired clients	363
23	The functions of music in music therapy	385
24	The Skille Musical Function Test as a tool in the assessment of psychological function and individual potential	395
25	The role of music therapy in the effective use of stress	406
26	The integration of mental health science concepts in the education of the music therapist	433
	References	443
	Index	479