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{"title":"Music Therapy Programming for Persons With Eating Disorders","authors":"Varvara Pasiali, J. Hassall, H. A. Park, Dean Quick","doi":"10.15845/voices.v20i3.2785","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v20i3.2785","url":null,"abstract":"Eating disorders are serious disturbances in eating habits, body image attitudes, and weight that affect overall well-being and can have life-threatening consequences. Participation in music therapy sessions may allow for healing of anxiety, self-worth, and body-image challenges that each person may face. In this manuscript we examined the music therapy literature pertaining to clinical work with persons who have eating disorders. We describe six techniques (clinical improvisation, song autobiography, song discussion, songwriting, music assisted relaxation/imagery, and Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music) and their reported uses in the literature. While the evidence supports that these techniques are effective, we acknowledge that what works in one context may not be culturally relevant or effective in another. The overview of the evidence in the literature corroborates how therapists who work with persons who have eating disorders tend to use music therapy techniques as pathways for contributing to sense of self. For each technique, we provide clinical examples with a strong element of the need to redevelop or discover identity.","PeriodicalId":89868,"journal":{"name":"Volta voices","volume":"219 1","pages":"15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76609538","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":"Considering Abrams' \"McMusicTherapy McMarketing\" article","authors":"Kerry L. Hryniw Byers","doi":"10.15845/voices.v20i2.3028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v20i2.3028","url":null,"abstract":"In 1990, I entered the profession of music therapy. Thirty years later, Abrams' article on \"McMarketing\" clarified and made sense of some of what I had been through in trying to build a music therapy practice. His ideas are worth contemplation.","PeriodicalId":89868,"journal":{"name":"Volta voices","volume":"2 1","pages":"5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90117965","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":"The Impact Areas Questionnaire (IAQ): A Music Therapy Service Evaluation Tool","authors":"Giorgos Tsiris, N. Spiro, O. Coggins, Ania Zubala","doi":"10.15845/voices.v20i2.2816","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v20i2.2816","url":null,"abstract":"Service evaluation is a professional requirement for music therapy practitioners and organisations. Yet service evaluation findings are rarely published within the professional literature, and there is limited documentation of the processes and methods of such evaluations, including the rationale, dilemmas, and challenges encountered. This is perhaps due to the perceived status, methodological weaknesses, and context-specificity of service evaluation work. Drawing on our engagement with service evaluation in diverse settings, we have become aware of its potential beyond its typical current uses in the field as well as of the need for open discussion and debate about the service evaluation tools that are available. This is where the aim of this paper lies: to introduce a service evaluation tool, the Impact Areas Questionnaire (IAQ), alongside the studies that led to its construction. Developed originally through a review of 27 individually designed service evaluation projects, this questionnaire contains a number of different impact areas. Adopting an ecological perspective, these areas refer to music therapy’s perceived impact not only on service users, but also on families/carers/friends, staff, and the organisational context in its entirety. Following its original development within Nordoff Robbins England and Wales, this questionnaire was tested in the context of Nordoff Robbins Scotland with the aim of exploring its applicability and transferability to other music therapy settings. In addition to presenting the findings of this testing, we discuss the potential use of the IAQ, which is included as an appendix to this article, in other settings and its relevance for knowledge and policy making in the field.","PeriodicalId":89868,"journal":{"name":"Volta voices","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85557950","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":"Three Black Women’s Reflections on COVID-19 and Creative Arts Therapies","authors":"Leah R. Gipson, Britton Williams, M. Norris","doi":"10.15845/voices.v20i2.3115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v20i2.3115","url":null,"abstract":"We write this commentary as co-editors of the forthcoming special multidisciplinary issue of Voices on Black aesthetics and the arts therapies. In March, the apparent toll of the coronavirus pandemic on Black communities informed our decision to request the delay of our special issue. We made this request with historical and contemporary inequities in mind, knowing that Black contributors to the special issue would need to find solutions to problems, likely with fewer resources or greater demands for physical, psychological, economic, and spiritual soundness at the height of COVID-19. Our intuition was haunting. In the weeks following our initial request, widespread protest erupted across the globe to demand justice for the modern-day lynchings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Sean Reed, Tony McDade, Nina Pop and Iyonna Dior. As we write these few names, we also recognize that there are far more people left unnamed whose deaths are at the intersections of racialized violence. It is the horrifying fact that unjust Black death in the U.S. is so recurrent and underreported that even the names of those that are missing from our list could not contain the immenseness of our loss. We offer this commentary in the interim of our special issue to underscore the basic and foundational realities of racism that must clearly be reemphasized here as this moment of growing white allyship reveals that there are many who have yet to learn them. But mainly, we offer our voices to directly acknowledge our Black colleagues who are experiencing grief and pain, while absorbing the impact of this current moment. Each co-editor has chosen to write their own reflection of this present time and its reverberations of the past.","PeriodicalId":89868,"journal":{"name":"Volta voices","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90022417","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":"Finding Our Voices, Singing Our Truths: Examining How Quality of Life Domains Manifested in a Singing Group for Autistic Adults","authors":"Laurel Young","doi":"10.15845/voices.v20i2.2554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v20i2.2554","url":null,"abstract":"A growing body of literature indicates that participation in singing groups has a range of health and wellbeing benefits for the general adult population and for various adult cohorts with specific challenges/needs. However, no research had been conducted on potential benefits of group singing for Autistic adults. Furthermore, the neurodiversity movement rejects a biomedical approach to autism and champions the need for supports that will empower individuals on the autism spectrum to participate in society on their own terms. This aligns well with community music therapy (CoMT) philosophy which maintains that all persons have a right to access and participate in music experiences that promote personal health and wellbeing as well as serve as an expression of individuality, culture, and community. Therefore, the present research investigated how quality of life (QoL) variables (considered as components/determinants of health and wellbeing) manifested for eight Autistic adults who participated in 12 group singing sessions. A mixed methods concurrent transformative design was used with priority given to qualitative data. Results illustrate how subdomains contained within overarching QoL domains of Being, Belonging, and Becoming were realized by the group participants. Limitations of the study as well as implications for practice and research are presented.","PeriodicalId":89868,"journal":{"name":"Volta voices","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76560069","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":"Relational Processes of Critical Thinking","authors":"S. Hadley, K. Mcferran, Brynjulf Stige","doi":"10.15845/voices.v20i1.3037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v20i1.3037","url":null,"abstract":"Welcome to the March 2020 edition of Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy. Once again, we are proud of the collection of research and practice articles being launched in this edition. They represent a diversity of practices around the globe, as well as foci on research, reports, interviews, and more. Authors from three of the articles reflect specifically on cultural diversity, which is deeply relevant to the Voices vision, that explicitly states: “The journal values inclusiveness and socio-cultural awareness and has increasingly nurtured a critical edge that refines the focus on cultural issues and social justice.” One of these articles is an interview with two developers of music therapy in India, and is well located by the interviewer from their own position as an outsider with a deep respect for, and interest in, the practices there. This kind of transparent revealing of the pre-assumptions we bring to what we write is a common technique in critical thinking and writing, and one with which our forum is comfortable and familiar. This is also demonstrated in other articles that adopt a critical lens, such as the two systematic reviews of the literature focused in schools (Hip Hop for Wellbeing and Music Therapist/Teacher consultations), both by groups of Australian authors. In different ways, authors throughout the edition have revealed themselves to our readership. This is named prominently in the article by Zoe Kalenderidis, a music therapist with lived experience as disabled who has taken the opportunity to explore this topic through an arts-based approach. This dismantling of the assumption that the therapist is ‘well’ and the client is ‘not well’ is another indicator of critical thinking within our field. Overt recognition of our shared humanity is a powerful way to shift thinking away from positions that disempower some to the benefit of others, and towards equity. Voices is a forum for making suggestions for the development of practice, through reflections on our own positioning with regards to those we work with, and through considerations of the practical details of how we work. Niall McGuigan also reveals his own experience of learning how to be present as a student music therapist and explores the value of embodied as well as cognitive learning in music therapy training. Another pair of Irish authors also explore music therapy education, this time examining whether students are sufficiently prepared for verbal encounters, as well as musical dialogues. Based on interviews with three practitioners, they advocate for more training in this area.","PeriodicalId":89868,"journal":{"name":"Volta voices","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82294761","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 Qualitative Heuristic Inquiry into the Development of Therapeutic Presence as a Student Music Therapist","authors":"Niall Mc Guigan","doi":"10.15845/voices.v20i1.2586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v20i1.2586","url":null,"abstract":"This first-person study investigates the role of cognitive and embodied forms of knowledge in relation to the development of therapeutic presence as a student music therapist. In this paper, I will provide an introduction to the topic reviewing its relevance to the practice of music therapy, and I will argue that the development of therapeutic presence is a fundamental part of becoming a music therapist.  Although there are seminal articles in the music therapy literature that discuss the topic of therapeutic presence, I have not found any articles relating it to the development of being a student music therapist. Using heuristic methodology, I will describe the personal process of developing therapeutic presence as a student music therapist. To gain a broader perspective on the research topic, and to provide validation and transparency in relation to my personal heuristic process, three successive theoretical and experiential workshops were carried out with six student music therapists. Data, in the form of questionnaires, reflections and group musical improvisations were analysed systematically to validate my experience of the research topic, and also to discover and evaluate themes and practical methods. The research has culminated in the synthesis of data gathered during the study in relation to the main research question while also reviewing its relevance to music therapy practice and implications for further study.","PeriodicalId":89868,"journal":{"name":"Volta voices","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84970058","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":"What About the Teacher? A Critical Interpretive Synthesis on Literature Describing Music Therapist/Teacher Consultation in Schools","authors":"Megan E. Steele, A. Crooke, K. Mcferran","doi":"10.15845/voices.v20i1.2839","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v20i1.2839","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents findings from a critical interpretive synthesis of the literature pertaining to music therapist teacher support. Descriptions of music therapists providing support to teachers were identified in 40 publications and subject to a process of critical interrogation. Through this process, three tensions were identified that had the potential to impact negatively on teachers’ sustainment of outcomes from the music therapist teacher support experience. These included the challenge of a prevailing focus on students rather than teachers, an underlying tension between descriptions of education and therapy, and a lack of teacher-driven learning intentions. Within the following paper we argue for a shift from a focus on the needs of students to the agency of teachers to maximise possibilities for achieving sustained outcomes from future music therapist teacher support programs. We further propose widening the scope of music therapist support in schools to better align with the professional role of teachers.","PeriodicalId":89868,"journal":{"name":"Volta voices","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87001820","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":"Current Practices and Considerations for International Development Music Therapy: A World Federation of Music Therapy Scoping Project","authors":"L. Bolger, K. Mcferran","doi":"10.15845/voices.v20i1.2951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v20i1.2951","url":null,"abstract":"The World Federation of Music Therapy (WFMT) Research and Ethics Commission conducted a scoping project to gather information about music therapy practices in international development contexts.  Seventeen music therapists with experience in international development projects (out of 55 approached) responded to 14 questions about their work. Their responses indicated that work is generally short-medium term project work, often with follow up visits or online contact when possible to support sustainability. Work is commonly in the areas of disability or with refugees/displaced persons and often has a strong skills-sharing component to support ongoing project impact.","PeriodicalId":89868,"journal":{"name":"Volta voices","volume":"72 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90415268","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":"An Investigation of Music Therapists' Experiences of Verbal Dialogue in Music Therapy Sessions","authors":"S. Nelligan, Tríona McCaffrey","doi":"10.15845/voices.v20i1.2868","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v20i1.2868","url":null,"abstract":"This study presents a preliminary exploration of music therapists’ first-hand experiences of engaging in verbal dialogue with clients in their clinical practice. To the authors’ knowledge no previous studies have examined the role of verbal dialogue from the first-hand perspectives of experienced professionals working in the field. Three individual interviews were conducted with three accredited Irish music therapists. Four central themes emerged as a result of thematic content analysis: content and function of verbal dialogue, the use of verbal dialogue may contribute to professional ambiguity, returning to the music, and the dyadic relationship between musical and verbal exchange. The findings revealed verbal dialogue to be a topic of interest for the participants in this study, one which stimulated meaningful reflections about clinical practice. The implications for professional identity and clinical practice which arose distinguished verbal dialogue as a potential area for further research and professional discourse within the wider music therapy community. Suggestions were made for additional areas of learning that may assist in preparing trainee and newly-qualified music therapists for potentially challenging verbal encounters with","PeriodicalId":89868,"journal":{"name":"Volta voices","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90711024","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}