Case Examples of Music Therapy in Bereavement

  • Case Examples of Music Therapy in Bereavement
  • Author: Bruscia, Kenneth E.
  • E-ISBN: 9781937440268


Case examples provide very unique and valuable insights into how different forms of therapy are practiced, as well as how clients respond to those therapies. This e-book contains 8 previously published case studies on how music therapy has been used to help individuals who are experiencing grief and loss. Each case details the process by which therapist and client engage in music experiences that enable the client to explore and better utilize the personal resources needed in the bereavement process.  The aim of the book is to provide practical information to students and professionals in music therapy and related fields and to inform all those affected by grief and loss about the potential benefits of music therapy.

 
 

Table of Contents

CASE ONE

Bringing Light into Darkness: Guided Imagery and Music, Bereavement, Loss and Working through Trauma

Leslie Bunt

CASE TWO

Music Therapy in Working through a Preschooler’s Grief: Expressing Rage and Confusion

Kerry Burke

CASE THREE

Our Path to Peace: Songwriting-Based Brief Music Therapy with Bereaved Adolescents

Robert E. Krout

CASE FOUR

Where Have All Our Flowers Gone? Music Therapy with a Bereaved Mother and Widow: A Case Analysis

Chava Sekeles

CASE FIVE

Bobby Laments His Grandfather: A Case Analysis

Chava Sekeles

CASE SIX

Mother, the White Dove: A Case Analysis

Chava Sekeles

CASE SEVEN

The Grief of the Therapist over Patients Who Passed Away

Chava Sekeles

CASE EIGHT

Feelings of Doubt, Hope, and Faith

Henk Smeijster