Essays on analytical music therapy / by Mary Priestley.
| Author/creator | Priestley, Mary |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Phoenixville, PA (1121 N. Rapps Dam Road, Phoenixville, PA 19460-1909) : Barcelona Publishers, ©1994. |
| Description | xxi, 335 ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction / J.W.T. Redfearn -- Unit one: Fundamentals -- History and definition -- Getting started with the patient -- The emotional spectrum -- Techniques for probing the conscious -- Techniques for accessing the unconscious -- Techniques for ego-strengthening -- Unit two: The therapeutic relationship -- The therapist-patient relationship -- Transference and countertransference -- More on empathic countertransference -- Survival -- Music therapy and love -- Unit three: The music -- The place of structure in musical improvisation -- The meaning of music -- The musical response -- Unit four: Theoretical concepts -- Some basic concepts of Freud and Klein -- Defence mechanisms and some examples -- Music, Freud and the port of entry -- Unit five: The therapeutic process -- Times of stress and the opportunity for maturation -- Analytical music therapy and "the detour through phantasy" -- The inner child -- Affirmations and celebrations -- Case study of a depressed patient -- Case study: music and the shadow -- Case study: music and the listeners -- Unit six: Variations -- Analytical music therapy with recidivists -- Preliminary music -- Analytical music therapy with children -- Case study: couple therapy -- Intertherapy -- Unit seven: Cadence -- Ending the session or treatment -- Postlude: the ineffable. |
| Abstract | This book brings together the major writings of Mary Priestley on Analytical Music Therapy a psychodynamic approach to clinical improvisation that she pioneered in England. Included in the thirty-one essays are: the famous "Herdecke Lectures" (which have never been published in English), selected chapters from Music Therapy in Action, and several other articles. Together, the essays form a journal of Mrs. Priestley?s masterful clinical work over the decades her ideas, her feelings, and her music. Individually, the essays poignantly describe the lives of her clients, and the paths they found through improvised music. Mrs. Priestley interweaves theory with case examples, speaking plainly and directly not in the jargon of an expert but in the conversational style of a wise but humble human being openly sharing her life's work with others. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-335). |
| ISBN | 0962408026 |