Laura E. Beer and Jacqueline C. Birnbaum (Eds.): Trauma-Informed Music Therapy: Theory and Practice

Auteurs-es

  • Sandra Ramos-Watt Department of Music Therapy, New York University, USA

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v23i2.3853

Mots-clés :

trauma-informed music therapy; resilience; trauma

Résumé

This is a book review of Trauma-Informed Music Therapy: Theory and Practice edited by Laura E. Beer and Jacqueline C. Birnbaum and published by Routledge in 2022.

The music therapy profession is fortunate to have a timely and comprehensive study of the principles of trauma-informed care, one that tackles challenging issues related to race, culture, systemic oppression, power dynamics, and gender-identity. To practice ethically, it is critical that we understand how and why trauma manifests in our clients’ lives. Because of the prevalence of trauma in the lives of people worldwide, professional music therapists have a moral responsibility to learn about trauma-informed care. Resources that afford health practitioners an opportunity to enhance the clinical skills needed to treat survivors of trauma are essential. Trauma-Informed Music Therapy: Theory and Practice is a vital book that can support music therapists in developing knowledge that can aid in providing effective care to the clients they serve. 

Biographie de l'auteur-e

Sandra Ramos-Watt, Department of Music Therapy, New York University, USA

Sandra Ramos-Watt, MA, LCAT, MT-BC is a New York State licensed creative arts therapist/mental health practitioner and nationally board-certified music therapist. She is an adjunct professor in the Department of Music Therapy at NYU and contributing author to Sociocultural Identities in Music Therapy (Barcelona Press, 2021). Sandra honed her clinical and management skills in the roles of clinical supervisor for an outpatient mental health clinic under Bronx Lebanon’s Department of Psychiatry and as clinical director at Heartsong, Inc. Sandra maintains a private practice in New York and is committed to promoting anti-oppressive clinical practices within the music therapy profession and pedagogy.

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Publié-e

2023-07-01

Comment citer

Ramos-Watt, S. (2023). Laura E. Beer and Jacqueline C. Birnbaum (Eds.): Trauma-Informed Music Therapy: Theory and Practice. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 23(2). https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v23i2.3853

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Book Reviews and Book Essays