Case Examples of Music Therapy for Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses

  • Case Examples of Music Therapy for Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses
  • Author: Bruscia, Kenneth E.
  • E-ISBN: 9781937440251


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 10 previously published case studies on how music therapy has been used to help individuals with schizophrenia or other psychosis improve their quality of life. 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  about the potential benefits of music therapy. 

 

 


 

 

Table of Contents

 CASE ONE

Composition, Improvisation and Poetry in the Psychiatric Treatment of a Forensic Patient

Phyllis Boone

CASE TWO

The Case of Marianne: Repetition and Musical form in Psychosis

Jos De Backer

Jan Van Camp

CASE THREE

From Ego Disintegration to Recovery of Self: The Contribution of Lacan’s Theories in Understanding the Role of Music Therapy in the Treatment of a Woman with Psychosis

Lillian Eyre

CASE FOUR

Singing in the Recovery Model with a Chronic Mentally Ill Offender

Vaughn Kaser

CASE FIVE

The Significance of Triadic Structures in Patients Undergoing Therapy for Psychosis in a Psychiatric Ward

Susanne Metzner

CASE SIX

Group Improvisation Therapy: The Experience of One Man with Schizophrenia

Helen Odell Miller

CASE SEVEN

Integrated Music Therapy with a Schizophrenic Woman

Gabriella Giordanella Perilli

CASE EIGHT

Analytical Music Therapy and the “Detour Through Fantasy”

Mary Priestley

CASE NINE

Changes in Images, Life Events and Music in Analytical Music Therapy: A Reconstruction of Mary Priestley’s Case Study of “Curtis”

Lillian Eyre

NOTE: For audiofiles, go to: www.barcelonapublishers/periodicals QIMT Volume 3, Monograph 1.

CASE TEN

Edwin, who murdered his wife in a Psychotic Attack: A Case Analysis

Chava Sekeles