The Anatomy of Music Therapy

The Anatomy of Music Therapy offers a comprehensive map of the field of music therapy, illuminated through Ken Wilber’s spectrum of consciousness. Drawing upon Wilber’s integral framework, it situates diverse theories, practices, and research traditions within his four quadrants—while introducing two new dimensions that honor the aesthetic and transpersonal experiences unique to music.

By charting how the many perspectives in music therapy interrelate, the book invites readers to see the discipline as a dynamic, interconnected whole rather than a collection of competing viewpoints. It challenges the tendency toward one-way thinking and encourages a more inclusive, integrative, and compassionate vision of what music therapy can be.

(112 pages, 2026)

Contents:

Preface

1  |  Overview

2  |  Experience-oriented Music Therapy

3  |  Outcome-oriented Music Therapy

4  |  Context-oriented Music Therapy: Sociocultural Perspectives

5  |  Context-oriented Music Therapy: Sociopolitical Perspectives

6  |  Aesthetic and Transpersonal Experiences

7  |  Integral Thinking

8  |  Implications of Integral Thinking

References

Index