Clinical improvisation in music therapy: theory, practice, research and training. (1st June 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dileo, Cheryl; Backer, Jos De; Erkkilä, Jaakko; Foubert, Katrien; Brabant, Olivier; Letulė, Nerdinga
• Is Part Of: Nordic journal of music therapy. Volume 25(2016)Supplement 1
• Page Start: 87
• Page End: 88
• Publication Date: 2016-06-01
• Subjects: Clinical improvisation -- psychiatry -- medicine -- research -- computational analysis; Music therapy -- Scandinavia -- Periodicals; Music Therapy -- Periodicals; 615.85154
• DOI: 10.1080/08098131.2016.1180080
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0809-8131

Abstract

Abstract : Clinical improvisation is widely used in music therapeutic settings. This roundtable will reflect the use and innovated research of clinical improvisation in music therapy practice from an international, multi-theoretical perspective. Six music therapists from three different countries will provide a comprehensive presentation about innovated theoretical perspectives, clinical uses of improvisation with various classifications of psychiatric and medical populations, as well as provide relevant information on improvisational analysis (manual and computational), on how to assess the emotional impact of improvisations through heart rate variability measurements, on conducting various types of research in improvisation and also on advanced training in improvisation.