Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Preface -- Part I: The Context For Music-Centered Theory In Music Therapy -- 1. The Nature of Theory -- 2. Theory in Music Therapy -- The Role of Theory in Contemporary Music Therapy -- A Conceptual Framework for Music Therapy Theory -- Metatheoretical Issues in Music Therapy -- Part II: The Nature Of Music-Centered Theory And Practice -- 3. Origins and Foundations of Music-Centered Music Therapy -- What is Music-Centered Music Therapy and How Has It Developed? -- Music as a Medium: One Basis of Music-Centered Theory -- Musicing as the Core of Music-Centered Practice -- The Necessity of a Theory of Music as a Basis for Music-Centered Music Therapy -- Can a Notion of Music Derived From Nonclinical Contexts Be the Basis for Music Therapy? -- 4. Values Central to Musicing in Music-Centered Music Therapy -- The Idea of Musical Values -- Musicing Requires an Understanding of Silence -- Musicing Requires Listening -- Musicing Incorporates the Individual Within the Communal -- Musicing Involves Surrender -- Musicing Cultivates a Respect for Craft -- Musicing Creates Connection -- 5. Rationales, Practices, and Implications of Music-Centered Music Therapy -- The Client's Experience in Music Is Primary -- Musical Goals Are Clinical Goals -- The Primary Focus Is Enhancing the Client's Involvement in Music -- The Convergence of Personal Process and Musical Development -- The Intrinsic Rewards of Musical Participation -- The Experience of the Musical Process Is the Therapy -- Interventions Are Guided by Musical Properties -- Music as an Autonomous Clinical Force -- Musical Analysis Highlights Clinical Processes -- Therapy Can Incorporate a Focus on Performance and Products -- Verbal Processing Need Not Accompany Musical Experiences.

The Therapeutic Relationship Is a Musical Relationship -- Music-Centered Thinking Embraces Holism -- An Alternative Perspective on Generalization -- Generalization of Functioning Is Not a Necessary Criterion for Evaluating Music Therapy -- 6. Music-Centered Thinking in Music Therapy Models -- Analytical Music Therapy -- Guided Imagery and Music -- Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy -- 7. Music-Centered Thinking in Contemporary Music Therapy Frameworks -- Aesthetic Music Therapy -- Community Music Therapy -- Culture-Centered Music Therapy -- Part III: A Philosophy Of Music For Music-Centered Music Therapy Theory -- Introduction to Part III -- 8. Music Therapy and Schema Theory -- Introduction to Schema Theory -- Image Schemata in Music and Music Therapy -- Time-as-Space, Force, and Motion in Music -- Schema Theory and Areas of Benefit in Music Therapy -- 9. Zuckerkandl's Dynamic Theory of Tone -- Fundamental Aspects of Zuckerkandl's Theory -- Applications to Music Therapy -- Objections to Zuckerkandl's Ideas and Some Responses -- 10. The Status of Musical Force, Motion, and Space: Reconciling Schema Theory and Zuckerkandl -- Revisiting Schema Theory: The Ontological Status of Schemata -- Reconciling Schema Theory and Zuckerkandl -- Part IV: General Music-Centered Theory -- Introduction to Part IV -- 11. Clinical Applications of Musical Force and Motion: Quickening and the Creation of a Self -- 12. Music and Emotion in Music-Centered Thought -- 13. Musical Form, Development, and Transformation -- Music and the Life Force -- Music and Transformation -- 14. Melody, Container, Transition -- The Connection Between Melody and Self-Identity -- Transitional Music and Transitions in Life -- Music and the Path of Human Life -- Expanding Containers as Metaphor for Therapy and for Life -- Afterword -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.