Music Therapy and Parent-Infant bonding

Title: Music therapy and parent–infant bonding.

Edited book

Year: 2011

Editor: Jane Edwards

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Abstract:

Music therapy is an internationally recognized field of professional evidence based practice. Qualified music therapists use the engaging, non-verbal aspects of music to create relationships in which therapeutic goals can be pursued and the needs of clients are addressed. This is the first book to focus specifically on the ways that music therapists provide support for the development of the special and necessary bond between parents and their infants, where some vulnerability is experienced. In the book, music therapists from four countries, Australia, Ireland, the UK, and the US, describe their practices with reference to contemporary theory and research. Throughout, the chapters are illustrated with engaging case material. Many of the authors are world leaders in the area of music therapy to promote parent and infant bonding. Others have their first opportunity to describe their work publicly in print. The focus in each chapter is on the need for this work, the theoretical underpinnings of the practice, and music therapy practice itself. Music Therapy and Parent-Infant Bonding is arranged into three sections. The first section covers work in therapy sessions with children and their parents. The second section describes programmes where the music therapist leads a group of parents with their infants, such as the renowned Sing & Grow programme in Australia. The final section presents work with medical patients and their families, including music therapy in the neonatal intensive care unit, and with patients who have cancer. The book will be valuable for music therapy practitioners and students, and more broadly for all those in the field of infant mental health. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)(cover)