{"title":"Alternative Clinical Training During the First Year of COVID-19 Pandemic: Students’ Experience","authors":"Juyoung Lee, Emma Moonier, A. Heiderscheit","doi":"10.1093/mtp/miad026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miad026","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic ushered in widespread restrictions that impacted clinical and academic settings. These restrictions required music therapy educators to not only shift their teaching platform but to find methods to engage students in the continued development of their clinical practice skills through practicum experiences while clinical sites were closed. To provide alternative practicum experiences, three music therapy faculty at a major metropolitan private university offered Telehealth Practica (THP) for undergraduate and graduate students in the first year of the pandemic. Music therapy faculty facilitated individual or group sessions with 10 clients to provide ongoing practicum experiences for students over the course of two semesters. Twenty-two students participated in five focus group interviews to share their experiences of THP. Using a thematic analysis, 14 themes were identified, and through further latent analysis, five attributes of the THP model: accessibility, usefulness, uniqueness, limitation, and potential were developed. THP offered students a new and novel learning opportunity that is not experienced in traditional in-person practicum, and they identified this as a valuable and unique training option. THP experience highlighted the need to develop student competencies and skills related to the use of technology for telehealth delivery, as telehealth has become a new norm and will be one of the ways health professionals continue to provide services in the future.","PeriodicalId":44813,"journal":{"name":"Music Therapy Perspectives","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139246318","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":"Developing Clinical Perspectives: Reflections on Student and Teacher Experiences of an Undergraduate Music Therapy Course","authors":"Kerry Devlin, Karrin Lukacs, Zoe Simon-Levine, Hanne Mette Ridder, Anthony Meadows","doi":"10.1093/mtp/miad024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miad024","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Centered in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, we describe and reflect upon student and teacher experiences of an undergraduate music therapy course in which students are introduced to two core clinical perspectives derived from the music therapy literature: decision-making and case formulation. Guiding the reader through four interrelated course phases, we discuss key content areas, challenges students encountered, and the ways the course instructors engaged with and worked through these challenges. Key learning outcomes are identified, specifically focusing on the importance of 1) teaching multiple perspectives early in a music therapy curriculum, 2) prerequisite knowledge, 3) musical competence, and 4) an integrated curriculum. In doing so, we advocate for an integral perspective to clinical practice, through which students develop the ability to locate themselves and shift perspectives in service of their clients.","PeriodicalId":44813,"journal":{"name":"Music Therapy Perspectives","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135541055","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":"A Virtual Music-Assisted Wellness Workshop for Family Caregivers: A Pilot Study","authors":"Adrienne C Steiner-Brett, Rashmita Basu","doi":"10.1093/mtp/miad025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miad025","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Informal or family caregivers (ICGs) are unpaid individuals who assist those with various diagnoses or conditions with their health and/or living-related needs. In 2020, there were an estimated 53 million individuals in the United States who provided informal care, which research indicates can negatively impact physiological and psychological health. Music therapy is a promising nonpharmacological intervention for psychosocial needs, including many that ICGs experience. The purpose of this study was to pilot a single, virtually delivered, music-based wellness workshop to examine feasibility and acceptability amongst ICGs of adults over 50. Additionally, the study aimed to establish the appropriateness of the measurement tools in addressing the research questions. Results of the study (N = 24) revealed a significant reduction in perceived stress score from pre to the post intervention t(23) = 5.71, p < .001. Slight positive increases were also observed from pre- to two weeks post intervention for wellbeing (14.75 vs. 14.79) and quality of life (6.00 vs. 6.08) measures. Additionally, 93.1% of participants completed the study from pre to two-week post-intervention, indicating a high feasibility of the intervention design. Themes emerged related to perceived value of the intervention and resource provided, including positive perception of music and mindfulness techniques along with themes related to difficulty with delivery and future needs of ICGs.","PeriodicalId":44813,"journal":{"name":"Music Therapy Perspectives","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135977425","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":"Correction to: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning: Best practices in music therapy and Rhode Island Fire Music Therapy Project Final Report","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/mtp/miad023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miad023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44813,"journal":{"name":"Music Therapy Perspectives","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135252402","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":"Clinical Intentions in Music Therapy Termination Processes: A Qualitative Inquiry","authors":"Elaine A Abbott","doi":"10.1093/mtp/miad021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miad021","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract ABSTRACT: Given the limited literature on the specific termination practices of music therapists in multiple clinical settings, clinicians were asked to participate in open-ended interviews to address the following research questions: What are the current termination practices of music therapists? What types of termination practices might they describe? and What processes do they move through in their termination practices? Thematic analysis of the interview data was used to identify several themes, one of which is described in the present paper: clinical intentions. Four clinical intentions are described in the results: preparing the person for termination, considering the person’s context, framing the therapeutic structure, and implementing the termination process. Comparison of the results to the termination-related music therapy literature showed that general guidelines for termination are not universally applicable. A model for self/peer-supervision and decision-making for termination was presented for three purposes: (a) to provide an approach for students and clinicians to consider the specific termination-related circumstances in which they find themselves, (b) to provide an approach for them to consider how they might most effectively attend to the needs of the persons they serve, and (c) to provide an approach for them to consider their own needs for self-care.","PeriodicalId":44813,"journal":{"name":"Music Therapy Perspectives","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135878515","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":"Reconceptualizing Music Therapy in Acute Mental Health Settings Part II: Clinical Applications of Single-Session Therapy","authors":"Michael J Silverman","doi":"10.1093/mtp/miad019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miad019","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract By championing the strengths, resources, and resilience of service users and increasing treatment access while limiting costs, single-session therapy (SST) represents a collaborative, direct, and transparent approach to providing treatment. In SST, service users have active and empowered roles in determining the focus, solutions, and extent of the therapy. SST practitioners note that all circumstances, settings, and contexts are unique and thus provide service users with autonomy to help them address the concerns that brought them to seek treatment. In Part II, I describe various ways to implement SST for music therapy clinicians in acute mental health settings. As Carr et al. (2013) noted a need for a music therapy model in acute mental health settings, I highlight Soo-Hoo’s (2018) Strength-Based Multicultural Integrative Therapy model as a potential therapeutic framework. To help music therapists apply aspects of SST to their clinical practice, I also provide questions for therapists to use in SST, describe how to conclude SST, provide suggestions for single-session group music therapy and other applications of single-session therapy in music therapy, and conclude with a critical reflection of SST.","PeriodicalId":44813,"journal":{"name":"Music Therapy Perspectives","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136192407","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":"Reconceptualizing Music Therapy in Acute Mental Health Settings Part I: A Descriptive Overview of Single-Session Therapy","authors":"Michael J Silverman","doi":"10.1093/mtp/miad018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miad018","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Single-session therapy (SST) is a collaborative, direct, and transparent approach to providing treatment that emphasizes service users having active and empowered roles in determining the focus, solutions, and extent of the therapy. Clinicians developed SST as many adult mental health service users only receive a single session of therapy. Service users tend to be satisfied with SST and often chose to not return for additional sessions. SST emphasizes the strengths, resources, and resilience of service users and increases treatment access while limiting costs. Some of the impetus for SST is based on research indicating that rapid improvement tends to occur early in treatment with additional sessions being less impactful. In Part I, I provide a descriptive overview and synthesis of the SST literature. I conclude Part I by naming assumptions of long-term therapy and SST. In Part II, I describe approaches to conducting SST, apply SST to music therapy, and provide a critical reflection of SST.","PeriodicalId":44813,"journal":{"name":"Music Therapy Perspectives","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136361948","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":"Types of Termination in Clinical Music Therapy Practice: A Qualitative Inquiry","authors":"Elaine A Abbott","doi":"10.1093/mtp/miad020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miad020","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 To support student learning about clinical music therapy termination processes, a qualitative research method was used to address three research questions: (a) What are the current termination practices of music therapists from multiple clinical settings? (b) What types of termination practices might they describe? and (c) What processes do they move through in their termination practices? Forty-six music therapists were interviewed about their experiences of clinical termination in music therapy. They described 134 termination scenarios that took place in 18 different types of clinical settings. Inductive thematic analysis of the scenarios identified several themes, one of which is addressed in this paper: termination types. Nine types of termination processes are described in the results. The types were described using the salient features of the termination scenarios. Identifying termination types in this way has the potential to provide students and clinicians with ways to think critically and creatively about what it means to effectively terminate a therapeutic relationship and about what effective termination can look like in different clinical settings.","PeriodicalId":44813,"journal":{"name":"Music Therapy Perspectives","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42848900","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}
Laura E Beer, Emily Curnutte, Eugenia Hernandez-Ruiz, Ronna Kaplan, Melanie Kwan, John Mondanaro, Sangeeta Swamy
{"title":"Collaborative Editorial for <i>Music Therapy Perspectives</i>","authors":"Laura E Beer, Emily Curnutte, Eugenia Hernandez-Ruiz, Ronna Kaplan, Melanie Kwan, John Mondanaro, Sangeeta Swamy","doi":"10.1093/mtp/miad022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miad022","url":null,"abstract":"Journal Article Collaborative Editorial for Music Therapy Perspectives Get access Laura E Beer, PhD, MT-BC, Laura E Beer, PhD, MT-BC Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Address correspondence concerning this article to Laura E. Beer, PhD, MT-BC, Music Therapy, UCA 145K, Campus Delivery 1778, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1778, USA. E-mail: laura.beer@colostate.edu. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8817-8326 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Emily Curnutte, MS, MT-BC, LCAT-P, Emily Curnutte, MS, MT-BC, LCAT-P The Holistic Voice, New York, NY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Eugenia Hernandez-Ruiz, PhD, MT-BC, Eugenia Hernandez-Ruiz, PhD, MT-BC Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9133-7642 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Ronna Kaplan, MA, MT-BC, Ronna Kaplan, MA, MT-BC Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1424-2540 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Melanie Kwan, MMT, MT-BC, Melanie Kwan, MMT, MT-BC Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar John Mondanaro, PhD, LCAT, MT-BC, CCLS, John Mondanaro, PhD, LCAT, MT-BC, CCLS Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Sangeeta Swamy, PhD, MT-BC Sangeeta Swamy, PhD, MT-BC California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Music Therapy Perspectives, miad022, https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miad022 Published: 27 September 2023","PeriodicalId":44813,"journal":{"name":"Music Therapy Perspectives","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134992783","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}
Debbie Anglade, Mary A Kauffman, Karina A Gattamorta, Sameena F Sheikh-Wu, Roberto L Roman Laporte
{"title":"Cancer Survivors’ Resilience During COVID-19 and Virtual Community-Based Choral Singing: A Feasibility Study","authors":"Debbie Anglade, Mary A Kauffman, Karina A Gattamorta, Sameena F Sheikh-Wu, Roberto L Roman Laporte","doi":"10.1093/mtp/miad017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miad017","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The study aimed to determine the study feasibility of a weekly virtual community-based choral singing program and to explore the impact of weekly choral singing on resilience, anxiety, and benefit finding in cancer survivors. Six participants were recruited from the Survivorship Choir (SC), led by a board-certified music therapist and affiliated with a cancer center. Study participants attended their standard 90-minute rehearsals, which were conducted virtually because of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. Researchers followed participants over eight weeks, collecting data at weeks one and eight. Five self-report instruments were used and included a researcher-designed Demographic Form. The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10) is a 10-item questionnaire assessing participants’ resilience. The PROMIS: Emotional Distress-Anxiety Scale measured participants’ anxiety levels, and the Carver Benefit Finding Scale assessed participants’ benefit finding levels. The participant Feedback Form, designed by the researchers, assessed the study’s feasibility and effectiveness. High attendance and completion rates demonstrated the study’s feasibility. Choral singing led to a statistically significant increase in resilience (W = 0.00, p = .036, rrb = -1.00) between baseline (M = 28.33, SD = 7.20) and week 8 (M = 33.83, SD = 4.88), demonstrating a large effect. While not significant, anxiety and benefit finding trended in a desirable direction with large effects. The present study format was feasible during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study showed that community-based choral singing, even in a virtual format, may positively affect cancer survivorship by increasing resilience and benefit finding and alleviating anxiety.","PeriodicalId":44813,"journal":{"name":"Music Therapy Perspectives","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135903260","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}