Music Therapy with Women with Addictions
- Author: Gardstrom, Susan C. & Willenbrink-Conte, Joy
- ISBN: 9781945411601
- E-ISBN: 9781945411618
Music Therapy with Women with Addictions is designed to provide music therapy students and clinicians with an intimate glimpse into the lives of various women with addictions, illuminating the challenges they bring to music therapy, the strengths and resilience they demonstrate, the resources they build and access during the treatment process, and the transformations they undergo. In doing so, the text is intended to counteract the fear, repugnance, and other adverse emotions that often orbit around individuals with addictions, and instead communicate respect.
Rooted in the clinical experiences and expertise of the authors, as well as a deep dive into extant music therapy and addictions literature, Music Therapy with Women with Addictions builds upon (and yet also diverges from) existing resources to honor and validate women’s needs and resources, recognizing that most addictions treatment programs are built upon heteronormative, sexist, and racist structures. The text begins with content to situate and provide a foundation for four additional sections: Her Story, Clinical Considerations and Themes, Therapist Reflections, and Methods and Materials. This book encourages readers to deepen self-reflection, generate questions, and explore related literature, with the ultimate aim of catalyzing evolution toward more meaningful and effective music therapy clinical practice with women with addictions.
CONTENTS
Preface
Chapter One: Introduction to This Book
Unit 1: Situating the Text
Introduction to Unit 1
Chapter Two: Gender Labeling
Chapter Three: Gendered Treatment
Chapter Four: Do Women-Only Groups Offer Unique Therapeutic Affordances?
Chapter Five: Therapist Countertransferences, Transferences, and Resistances
Chapter Six: Orientations and Influences
Unit 2: Her Story
Introduction to Unit 2
Chapter Seven: Alyson: I Think I May Have Saved Myself
Chapter Eight: Brittany: Video
Chapter Nine: Dionne: Rosebush
Chapter Ten: Emily: Overdose
Chapter Eleven: Monique: The Violin
Chapter Twelve: Sheri: Just Hold On
Chapter Thirteen: Theresa and Callie: The Dance
Chapter Fourteen: Zenia: Sharing Needles
Unit 3: Clinical Considerations and Themes
Introduction to Unit 3
Chapter Fifteen: Auditory Hypersensitivities
Chapter Sixteen: Conflict and Chaos
Chapter Seventeen: Introducing Music Therapy
Chapter Eighteen: Music as a Trigger for Substance Use
Chapter Nineteen: Reaching Out
Chapter Twenty: Self-Disclosure: The Therapist’s Relationship to Addiction
Chapter Twenty-One: Silence
Chapter Twenty-Two: Space for Anger
Chapter Twenty-Three: Spirituality in Recovery
Unit 4: Therapist Reflections
Introduction to Unit 4
Chapter Twenty-Four: Applause in a Session
Chapter Twenty-Five: Clothed in Self-Respect
Chapter Twenty-Six: Credentials
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Crying
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Embracing the Whole: Wellness and Illness
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Enjoyment
Chapter Thirty: Group Norms
Chapter Thirty-One: Healthy Sexuality and Recovery
Chapter Thirty-Two: Pregnancy and Parenthood
Chapter Thirty-Three: Rainbow: Gendered Expectations of Emotional Resistance
Chapter Thirty-Four: The Voice Within
Chapter Thirty-Five: What Is It About a Drum? Music Therapy with Women with Addictions
Unit 5: Methods and Materials
Introduction to Unit 5
Chapter Thirty-Six: Chant
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Lean on Me
Chapter Thirty-Eight: Safeguarding Song Listening Methods
Chapter Thirty-Nine: Song Choice
Chapter Forty: Song Communication: Dead and Gone
Chapter Forty-One: Song Discussion: Catalyst and Container
Chapter Forty-Two: Song Transformation: I’ll Find You
Appendices
Appendix A: Music as a Trigger Worksheet
Appendix B: The Original 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous
Appendix C: Song Transformation Structures
Index