Heart Beats

Heart Beats is a step-by-step guide which equips music therapists with foundational components necessary to apply Amplified Cardiopulmonary Recordings (ACPR) to their practice. This manual includes the theoretical underpinnings of clinical approaches, legal and logistic considerations, and two complete technology photo user-guides for music recording software and equipment basics.

With a growing demand for one of the newest, formally established interventions in music therapy, this clinical resource is a timely, accessible tool for students and interdisciplinary team members alike across a variety of healthcare settings.

Heart Beats inspires clinicians to think deeply about how to harness the rhythm of the heart in music and for healing across the lifespan.

Contents

Part I - Introduction

1 | What Is a “Heartbeat Song” (ACPR)

2 | Literature Review and Intervention History

Part II – Foundations

3 | Musicianship

4 | Legal Considerations

5 | Process Over Product

6 | ACPR and Theoretical Frameworks

7 | Potential for Harm

8 | Technology

Equipment

Interfaces

Recording Preparation

Garage Band User Guides

iPad

Mac

Recording Accompaniment

Exporting the Project

9 | Helpful Hints

Part III – Rhythm of Identity

10 | “We Don’t Own Heartbeats”

11 | Clinical Applications

End of Life

Participant Isolation

Psychiatric Health

Addiction Recovery

Neonatal Intensive Care

Pregnancy

Caretaker/Child Bonding

Oncology

Organ Transplant/Donation

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

12 | Establishing Protocol

Procedures for Referrals

Procedures for Delivering to Family

13 | Conclusion

Note from the Author

References

Appendix A: Consent to Digital Transfer

Appendix B: Delivery Letter