Integrating Musical and Psychological Thinking: The Relationship Between Music and Words in Clinically Improvised Songs

Authors

  • Alan Turry DA, MT-BC, LCAT, NRMT

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47513/mmd.v1i2.231

Abstract

This article is based on the author’s qualitative research on his own clinical method by examining the improvised songs that were created by the therapist and client during one course of Nordoff-Robbins music therapy. The client had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, stage 4, and began music therapy treatment soon after.

Keywords: clinical improvisation; medical music psychotherapy; music psychotherapy; music therapy; Nordoff-Robbins

Author Biography

Alan Turry, DA, MT-BC, LCAT, NRMT

Alan Turry, doctor of arts (New York University), board- certified music therapist, licensed creative arts therapist (New York State), and certified trainer in Nordoff-Robbins music ther- apy, is managing director of the Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy at New York University.

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2009)

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