The Music Therapy Writings of Benedikte B. Scheiby
- Author: Scheiby, Benedikte B.
- ISBN: 9781945411557
- E-ISBN: 9781945411564
Benedikte B. Scheiby trained with the developer of analytical music therapy (AMT), Mary Priestley, and educated other music therapists in this approach for over 20 years. The 23 chapters in this anthology capture her unique voice as an author, including reflections on her own life and career as well as those of colleagues.
Readers will learn the story of her role in the development of AMT and of her unique ways of understanding its theoretical and clinical dimensions. They will also become acquainted with the music psychotherapy journeys of a diverse group of individuals, including people with neurological and other medical conditions, music therapy students in training, and caregivers. And they will get insight into the subtle and complex interaction of psychodynamic phenomena such as transference and countertransference in their uniquely musical manifestations.
This text will be of relevance to music therapists and students with a variety of interests, including readers who would like to learn how the tenets and practices of AMT have been implemented in contemporary treatment contexts, and those who are interested in how musical improvisation is integrated into advanced clinical music therapy practice.
The price of this book has been subsidized by the Florence Tyson Fund for the Creative Arts Therapies.
CONTENTS
Preface by Kenneth Aigen
Foreword by Brian Abrams
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL REFLECTIONS
Chapter 1: Benedikte B. Scheiby Autobiography
Chapter 2: Music: The Key to Survival, Consciousness and Transformation
Chapter 3: Death and Rebirth Experiences in Music and Music Therapy
Chapter 4: “The music never stops!” Tribute to Sten Roer Andsersen
Chapter 5: Mary Priestley Biography
Chapter 6: A Tribute to Mary Priestley
INTRODUCTIONS TO ANALYTICAL MUSIC THERAPY
Chapter 7: Music as Symbolic Expression: An Introduction to Analytical Music Therapy
Chapter 8: Analytical Music Therapy
THEORY AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS IN ANALYTICAL MUSIC THERAPY
Chapter 9: Mia’s Fourteenth—The Symphony of Fate: Psychodynamic Improvisation Therapy with a Music Therapy Student in Training
Chapter 10: “Better trying than crying”: Analytical Music Therapy in a Medical Setting
Chapter 11: Improvisation as a Musical Healing Tool and Life Approach: Theoretical and Clinical Applications of Analytical Music Therapy (AMT) in a Short- and Long-Term Rehabilitation Facility
Chapter 12: Caring for the Caregivers: Trauma, Improvised Music, and Transformation of Terror into Meaning through Community Music Therapy Training
Chapter 13: Reflection [on Caring for the Caregivers]
Chapter 14: “Dying Alive”: A Transpersonal Analytical Music Therapy Approach for Adult Clients with Chronic Progressive Neurological Diseases
Chapter 15: Analytical Music Therapy and Integrative Medicine: The Impact of Medical Trauma on the Psyche
Chapter 16: Analytical Group Music Therapy (AMT): A Nonprescriptive, Evidence-Based Approach to Pain Management with Adult Clients in Recovery from Medical Trauma
Chapter 17: Analytical Music Therapy for Pain Management and Reinforcement of Self-Directed Neuroplasticity in Patients Recovering from Medical Trauma
TRANSFERENCE AND COUNTERTRANSFERENCE IN ANALYTICAL MUSIC THERAPY
Chapter 18: Musical Transference and Countertransference: Fellow Travelers or Stowaways on the Musical Journey
Chapter 19: The Role of Musical Countertransference in Analytical Music Therapy
Chapter 20: Listen to the Music of the Unconscious: Using Countertransference as a Compass in Analytical Music Therapy
Chapter 21: An Intersubjective Approach to Music Therapy: Identification and Processing of Musical Countertransference in a Music Psychotherapeutic Context
ANALYTICAL MUSIC THERAPY TRAINING
Chapter 22: Inter Music Therapy in the Training of Music Therapy Students [Co-authored by Inge N. Pedersen]
Chapter 23: Forming an Identity as a Music Psychotherapist through Analytical Music Therapy Supervision
Index