Personal Reflections on working as a Music Therapist, Music Therapy Groups and Music Making

Authors

  • Becky White APMT

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v12i2.666

Keywords:

groups, autism, music therapy

Abstract

This paper explores how studying clinical work can be a rich experience and lead to personal and musical development. In this paper I describe completing a master’s project on group work for children who have autism. This paper describes how analysing a group in detail (using music and video coding analysis) and reading  literature on music therapy and group work, led to a personal prompting to reflect on my own musical experiences and identity and to develop more as a musician. It explores how the roles of music therapist, student and musician can influence each other an be blurred together, and how I experienced cross-over in my personal and musical life.  

Author Biography

Becky White, APMT

Music Therapist Private PractieLecturer City of Bristol College

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Published

2012-06-19

How to Cite

White, B. (2012). Personal Reflections on working as a Music Therapist, Music Therapy Groups and Music Making. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v12i2.666