Case Examples of Music Therapy for Survivors of Abuse

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 to survive and heal abuse. 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 to address his or her own therapeutic needs. 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 abuse about the potential benefits of music therapy.

Table of Contents

 CASE ONE

Tools of Rediscovery: A Year of Guided Imagery and Music

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Jenny Martin Caughman

 CASE TWO

Improvised Songs Stories in the Treatment of a Thirteen-Year-Old Sexually Abused Girl from the Xhosa Tribe in South Africa

Helen Henderson

 CASE THREE

Guided Imagery and Music (GIM): Healing the Wounded Healer

Rhonda Lineburg Rinker

 CASE FOUR

The Healing Function of Improvised Songs in Music Therapy with a Child Survivor of Early Trauma and Sexual Abuse

Jacqueline Z. Robarts

 CASE FIVE

Working with Jenny: Stories of Gender, Power and Abuse

Penny J. Rogers

 CASE SIX

“Promise to Take Good Care of It:” Therapy with Ira

Viola Schönfeld

 CASE SEVEN

Rita: From a Bad Baby to a New Bird: Developmental Integrative Music Therapy with a Hospitalized Adolescent Suffering from a Traumatic Childhood

Chava Sekeles

 CASE EIGHT

The Voice from the Cocoon: Song and Imagery in Treating Trauma in Children

Susan Bray Wesley