AJMT Volume 15, 2004

Krout, Robert E.

A synerdisciplinary music therapy treatment team approach for hospice and palliative care.
The role of the clinician on the multi-dimensional palliative care treatment team continues to evolve, expand, and be re-defined as patients and families are successfully served in and by music therapy. The terms interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and transdisciplinary are often used to describe such inclusive treatment teams. A new term, synerdisciplinary, is offered, which builds and expands on previous terms. The stimulus for using this new term comes from the author’s personal and professional experiences working as a clinician in hospice and palliative care. The related term synergetic is also considered as it relates to music therapy teams themselves within hospice and palliative care organizations. In this case, it refers to music therapists working together as a department with differing but complementary treatment approaches, philosophies, and orientations to their work in palliative and hospice music therapy.

Daveson, Barbara A.

A review article regarding temporal phenomena within music therapy.
This article examines temporal phenomena within music therapy practice, research, and theory. In other words, this article examines phenomena of, or about, time within music therapy. This is approached through highlighting and investigating incidental and direct references to temporal phenomena within the literature. The purpose is to support my view that temporal phenomena, as emergent from the field of music therapy, is currently inadequately supported by research or theory within the field. Current theory, research, and clinical references about temporal phenomena will be provided. The reader will be invited to explore how temporal phenomena are applicable to his or her practice. Inconsistencies in the ways temporal phenomena are depicted across theory, research, and application will be highlighted, as will gaps within the literature. It is concluded that a better understanding of the experience of temporal phenomena within music therapy is required, hence research is encouraged. It is hoped that this paper will further understanding of music therapy temporal experience, involving aspects of memory, altered states of consciousness, and anxiety.

Booth, Robyn

Current practice and understanding of music therapy in Victorian special schools.
Music therapy in special schools in Victoria was examined via responses received from a written questionnaire, and a telephone interview with administrators of ten randomly selected schools. Questionnaires were mailed to 78 Victorian Government special schools. Respondents were asked to indicate whether they employed a music therapist, how they were employed, and the music therapist’s method of service delivery. A total of 53 (68%) schools responded. Forty-four schools reported that they incorporated music into their programs and, of these, 17 employed a music therapist. Interviews conducted via telephone with ten schools indicated that 50% of responses to the interview questions contained themes and information that accurately reflected the nature of music therapy. Some misconceptions were noted, such as the training of music therapists and the goals of music therapy, and these will be discussed.

Invited paper:

Gilbertson, Simon & Aldridge, David

Book review:

McFerran, Katrina

Hadley, S. (Ed.). Psychodynamic Music Therapy: Case Studies. Gilsum, NH: Barcelona Publishers.