Music of the Soul: Composing Life Out of Loss

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Taylor & Francis, 01‏/09‏/2006 - 240 من الصفحات

Music of the Soul guides the reader through principles, techniques, and exercises for incorporating music into grief counseling, with the end goal of further empowering the grieving person.

Music has a unique ability to elicit a whole range of powerful emotional responses in people - even so far as altering or enhancing one's mood - as well as physical reactions. This interdisciplinary text draws in equal parts from contemporary grief/loss theory, music therapy research, historical examples of powerful music, case studies, and both self-reflecting and teaching exercises. Music is as much about beginnings as endings, and thus the book moves through life’s losses into its new beginnings, using musical expression to help the bereaved find meaning in loss and hurt, and move forward with their lives. With numerous exercises and examples for implementing the use of music in grief counseling, the book offers a practical and flexible approach to a broad spectrum of mental health practitioners, from thanatologists to hospice staff, at all levels of professional training and settings.

نبذة عن المؤلف (2006)

Joy S. Berger, DMA, BCC, MT-BC, is presently administrative director for the Hospice Institute in Louisville, Kentucky, the education and research division of the Alliance of Community Hospices and Palliative Care Services. She is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Louisville, Department of Music Therapy, and recipient of the National Heart of Hospice Award (2002) from the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization. She is a musician and is board certified by the Association of Professional Chaplains and by the Certification Board for Music Therapists.

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