{"title":"Book Review: Katrina S McFerran and Michael J Silverman, A Guide to Designing Research Questions for Beginning Music Therapy Researchers","authors":"E. Windle","doi":"10.1177/1359457520907799","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1359457520907799","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42422,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Music Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2020-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1359457520907799","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43662322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Henry Dunn, Elizabeth Coombes, Emma Maclean, et al. (eds), Music Therapy and Autism Across the Lifespan: A Spectrum of Approaches","authors":"J. Strange","doi":"10.1177/1359457520907085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1359457520907085","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42422,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Music Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2020-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1359457520907085","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46104061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial","authors":"Philippa Derrington","doi":"10.1177/1359457519883449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1359457519883449","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42422,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Music Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1359457519883449","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46426241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Joel Kroeker, Jungian Music Psychotherapy: When Psyche Sings and Paula Valerio (ed.), Introduction to Countertransference in Therapeutic Practice: A Myriad of Mirrors","authors":"Karen L. Gold","doi":"10.1177/1359457519892125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1359457519892125","url":null,"abstract":"a reflexive act. Zubillaga-Pow uses Lacan’s reflexive act to explore enjoyment, resistance and ways of thinking about the function of affects as we listen. I found the introduction of Lacan’s reflexive act interesting but discussion on enjoyment/ resistance for me was quite abstract and (perhaps somewhat defensively!) I was reluctant to think about this in terms of enjoyment in clinical sessions. In chapter 9, Stephen Downes compares the similarities of masochism and sentimentalism through a discussion of ‘Barthes’s Schumann and Schumann’s Chopin’ (p. 165). This chapter was very interesting but stimulated fewer questions or considerations about how these interpretations of psychoanalytic theories related to my practice as a Music Therapist. This posed an interesting question as a Music Therapist reading the book – why did the use of psychoanalytic theory at times seem to be less meaningful and did not resonate or connect with the ways I experience and make use of psychoanalysis as a Music Therapist? While other times, the use of psychoanalytic theory stimulated a sense of the great potential for dialogue and collaboration between musicologists and music therapists using psychoanalysis as a shared approach to explore the many roles and functions of music in culture, society and human relationships. Chapters 8 and 9 also brought more sharply into focus another question that had been present for me throughout the book: What is different, or can be different, about the role or function of psychoanalytic theory when applied to musical works of art rather than therapeutic music making (including pre-composed music) in music therapy? What is different when psychoanalysis is applied to an artefact (something that has gone through the process of creation with the view to being shared with unknown others outside of the boundaries, and intimacy, of an established and/or mutual relationship) rather than when used to gain an understanding of interpersonal and intrapsychic processes in therapeutic work? Again these questions, and the corresponding differences and overlaps, strike me as areas where musicologists and music therapists could work together to explore these complex ideas in collaboration which would be of benefit to both. Overall, this is a dense and theoretical book, and not always an easy read – I will have to revisit some chapters! However, reading this book has been an enriching experience. I have been challenged to think more deeply about the music in music therapy and reflected on questions that might be of interest to other music therapists such as, is there a music therapy echo chamber which affirms a particular view of the ways music can be used therapeutically? Or does the music therapy profession privilege the music therapist’s understanding of psychoanalysis and music? This book has reminded me that there are many ways that psychoanalysis can be used as an approach to think about culture, human experiences and creativity, and has brought","PeriodicalId":42422,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Music Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1359457519892125","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65581554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Gro Trondalen, Relational Music Therapy: An Intersubjective Perspective","authors":"A. Levinge","doi":"10.1177/1359457519893484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1359457519893484","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42422,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Music Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1359457519893484","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47639815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Samuel Wilson (ed.), Music – Psychoanalysis – Musicology","authors":"T. Roman","doi":"10.1177/1359457519893485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1359457519893485","url":null,"abstract":"between the presentation of the theoretical explorations and the discussion. Despite these criticisms what shines through is her commitment to and passion for her work, along with her belief in the value and power of the therapeutic medium. Trondalen’s willingness to grapple with complex ideas is clearly conveyed throughout and is reflected through her detailed theoretical understanding. For example, my attention was particularly drawn to the author’s discussion in Chapter 9 entitled ‘The Music Therapy Relationship’. Here, she refers to Merleau-Ponty’s description of the ‘living body’ (p. 77), to Knoblau’s concept of ‘resonant minding’ (p. 78) and the ways in which musical togetherness can be understood. In her epilogue, she refers to three perspectives which go towards creating a human identity, describing this as being an ongoing process which can be supported by relational musical experiences. Overall, this is a well-researched book delivered by a Music Therapist who is clearly dedicated to the value music can bring to a therapeutic relationship.","PeriodicalId":42422,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Music Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1359457519893485","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43126228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Text watch","authors":"J. Strange","doi":"10.1177/1359457519888392","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1359457519888392","url":null,"abstract":"Text Watch is intended to alert readers to material they may find of interest in books and journals, but excluding music therapy journals available online. Owing to the burgeoning music therapy literature, the list is necessarily selective and cannot substitute for a comprehensive search for research purposes. Book reviews and articles of under three pages are omitted. Abstracts can be supplied by the compiler for most items. Readers are reminded that by notifying the compiler of their own publications in good time these may be included in Text Watch in advance of their appearance in databases.","PeriodicalId":42422,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Music Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1359457519888392","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48931297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Guest Editorial","authors":"Rachel Darnley-Smith","doi":"10.1177/1359457519879793","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1359457519879793","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42422,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Music Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1359457519879793","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48497305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"At the Queen’s Hall with E.M. Forster and Jean Laplanche","authors":"Rosemary Rizq","doi":"10.1177/1359457519881052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1359457519881052","url":null,"abstract":"In E.M. Forster’s novel Howards End, we are introduced to the way in which the characters in the story listen to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. In this article, I draw on the work of the French psychoanalyst Jean Laplanche to suggest that music constitutes an enigmatic cultural message that returns us to the ‘scene of primal seduction’; a myth of human origins that takes the encounter with an enigmatic other as constitutive of human subjectivity. Reading Howards End through the lens of Laplanche, I discuss how Forster’s characters respond to Beethoven’s message and conclude with a brief discussion about issues of inheritance and alterity.","PeriodicalId":42422,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Music Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1359457519881052","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44435930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Building bridges between psychoanalysis and music","authors":"A. Gaitanidis","doi":"10.1177/1359457519879795","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1359457519879795","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, I begin by presenting how a Greek song erupted within the flow of my everyday existence and allowed me to reconnect with past trauma, grief and psychic pain. Operating in a register which is different from that of symbolic language, and yet always already within it, music enables productive encounters with trauma and loss in everyday life. I then continue exploring the connections between music and language by employing Kristeva’s notions of ‘chora’ and the ‘semiotic’, which place the ‘musicality’ of language, its rhythm and tonality, and pitch and timbre at the centre of the analyst’s attention. I finish by referring to the work of Ogden who argues that both poetry/music and certain analytic sessions seem to generate powerful resonances and cacophonies of sound and meaning.","PeriodicalId":42422,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Music Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1359457519879795","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45844953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}