Voices Journal, Vol. 10, No. 2.

Released July 1, 2010

Editorial

Carolyn Kenny & Barbara Hesser:

Helen Bonny

.... in the midst of the regret, we all felt a tremendous sense of gratitude that we had known Helen Bonny and shared the many benefits of her work especially in the development of The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM).

Editorial

Krystof Stachyra:

Voices Welcomes Interviews

We've decided to focus the November 1st issue of Voices on Helen Bonny’s life, work and music therapy method. We look for people who met her, knew her and whose professional life has been influenced by Helen Bonny.

Theoretical Article

Katrina Rumball:

The Effects of Group Musical Activity on Psychiatric Patients in India

Musical activity, particularly as the application of music therapy, has been found to produce numerous benefits within a psychiatric setting. This study has explored a selection of these benefits in psychiatric patients in a hospital in India, examining these effects within a culture not typically studied in this field.

Theoretical Article

Debbie Carroll:

The Field of Play in Music Therapy Education

In this paper, I illustrate how the Field of Play model, developed by Carolyn Kenny (1989) as a guide for the theory and practice of music therapy, can also serve as a model for music therapy education.

Perspectives on Practice

Susanne Bauer:

Music Therapy and Eating Disorders - A Single Case Study about the Sound of Human Needs

This article considers reflecting and integrating new theoretical perspectives into a music therapy intervention. In this case, the treatment of a young woman who was diagnosed with Bulimia Nervosa, was originally based on the psychoanalytical theory. Now, it will be presented and analyzed from an alternative theoretical perspective, the concept of resource- orientated psychotherapy and the Bernese concept of need adapted -and motivational attunement.

Essay

Naoko Matsumura McKee:

Finding Power and Privilege as a Violinist and Music Therapist

Power and privilege often addressed in social work literature is taught as a part of social work training in Canada. Critical self-reflection, a tool that examines one’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and one’s understanding of how these are shaped by personal history, social location, attitudes and values related to diversity and difference, is used to reveal one’s own power and privilege.

Story

Jacob Beck:

All Things Must Pass: Utilizing Music Therapy in the Transition of a Dying Loved One

Even as a Music Therapist with some knowledge and experience with hospice, I was yet unprepared for the intimate passing of one of my own loved ones. This is the story of how I used music to help relieve my father’s and my own anxieties surrounding his transition, and the challenges and successes that I found in offering that music to him.

Interview

Ruth Bright:

Interview with Margaret Daniell

Seeing Margaret at work, therefore, was not only enthralling but also had practical value for my own endeavours, because it supported my view that, for many people with acute or chronic mental illnesses, the conditions probably had their roots in childhood, when the children would not have been recognised as being ‘ill’ – but seen as ‘naughty’, or ‘difficult’.

Interviews about Music Therapy in Canada

Guylaine Vaillancourt:

An Interview with Susan Summers

Music therapy involves meaningful relationship between therapists and clients, working together through creativity, to access the wholeness and wellness inside each person. The music inside remains whole and well, despite challenges that can limit physical, cognitive, social and emotional functioning of the individual.

Interviews on World Congresses of Music Therapy

Barbara Wheeler:

6th World Congress of Music Therapy, Rio De Janeiro, 1990

Included is also a keynote and memories from participants on the Rio conference