Music, music therapy and trauma : international perspectives / editor Julie P. Sutton.

Other author Sutton, Julie P., 1956- editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon : Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2002.
Description272 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents pt. 1, Trauma perspectives. 1. Trauma. Trauma in context / Julie P. Sutton ; 2. Neurology. The brain : its music and its emotion, the neurology of trauma / Michael Swallow -- pt. 2, Culture, society and musical perspectives. 3. Culture and Society. The role of creativity in healing and recovering one's power after victimisation / Marie Smyth ; 4. Musical perspectives. The politics of silence : the Northern Ireland composer and the troubles / Hilary Bracefield -- pt. 3, International clinical perspectives. 5. South Africa. Fragile rhythms and uncertain listenings : perspectives from music therapy with South African children / Mercédès Pavlicevic ; 6. UK. Music and human rights / Matthew Dixon ; 7. Ireland. See me, hear me, play with me : working with the trauma of early abandonment and deprivation in psychodynamic music therapy / Ruth Walsh Stewart and David Stewart ; 8. Bosnia. A music therapy service in a post-war environment / Louise Lang and Una McInerney ; 9. UK. In the music prison : the story of Pablo / Helen M. Tyler ; 10. Israel. Trauma and its relation to sound and music / Adva Frank-Schwebel -- pt. 4, The support perspective. 11. Supervision. Processes in listening together : an experience of distance supervision of work with traumatised children / Louise Lang, Una McInerney, Rosemary Monaghan and Julie P. Sutton ; 12. The wounded healer. The voice of trauma : a wounded healer's perspective / Diane Austin.
Abstract Music communicates where words fail, and music therapy has been proven to connect with those who were thought to be unreachable, making it an ideal medium for working with those who have suffered psychological trauma. This book addresses the need for an exploration of current thinking on music and trauma. With chapters written by many of today's leading specialists in this area, music and trauma is approached from a wide range of perspectives, with contributions on the following: neurology of trauma and music; music and trauma in general; social and cultural perspectives on trauma; contextualising contemporary classical music and conflict; music and trauma in areas where there is war, community unrest and violence (Northern Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, South Africa); music, trauma and early development. Including specific examples and case studies, this book addresses the growing interest in the effects of trauma and how music therapy can provide a way through this complex process.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 2002021881
ISBN1843100274 (alk. paper)