COVER -- Receptive Methods in Music Therapy -- Contents -- FOREWORD BY PROFESSOR CHERYL DILEO -- Introduction -- Evidence-based practice in receptive music therapy -- Receptive methods in music therapy -- Definitions of receptive music therapy -- Overview of the book -- Ethical guidelines -- Chapter 1 Engaging with Clients Verbally and Musically -- Beliefs and values that impact on interaction with patients -- Verbal processing of client's experiences in music therapy -- Empathic improvisation for non-verbal clients -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Selecting Music for Receptive Methods in Music Therapy -- Differences between music for relaxation and music for stimulating imagery -- The characteristics of music for receptive music therapy -- Other considerations when selecting music for receptive methods -- Assessing a music selection for suitability -- Choice of music for particular patient/client groups and ages -- Guidelines for using recorded music in the hospital environment -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Relaxation and Receptive Methods for Children and Adolescents -- Introduction -- Receptive music therapy for hospitalised children and adolescents: setting the scene -- Receptive music therapy for hospitalised young children -- Receptive music therapy for hospitalised older children -- Relaxation for children with sleep difficulties in a psychiatric setting -- Receptive music therapy for children in palliative care -- Receptive music therapy for hospitalised adolescent patients -- Relaxation and receptive music therapy in the classroom -- Relaxation for older adolescents -- Chapter 4 Receptive Methods and Relaxation for Adults -- Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- Establishing an environment that is conducive to relaxation with music -- Therapeutic skills for facilitating a relaxed state in the client -- Music selection -- Relaxation inductions.

Short relaxation -- Structured/count-down relaxation induction -- Autogenic-type relaxation induction -- Colour induction -- 'Light' relaxation inductions -- Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) (based on Jacobson 1938) -- Clinical examples -- Hospitalised adult clients -- Relaxation for older adults -- Relaxation in palliative care: a group context -- Adaptation of relaxation in palliative care: case example -- Relaxation and music for patients in cardiac rehabilitation -- Conclusion -- Contraindications -- Music selections -- Chapter 5 Music, Visualisations and Imagery -- Why use visualisations/imagery in conjunction with music? -- Visualisations and directed music imaging -- Assessing a client's suitability for music and imagery methods -- Visualisations -- Bringing the visualisation to an end -- Directed music imaging -- Managing a negative experience to an imagery script -- Unguided music imaging (UMI) and group music and imagery (GrpMI) -- Types of imagery experiences -- Assessing a client's suitability for methods that involve self-generated imagery -- Unguided music imaging -- Group music and imagery (GrpMI) -- Music selections for unguided music imaging and group music and imagery -- Applications of group music and imagery -- Guided music imaging (GMI) -- Interventions for short pieces of music -- Applications of GMI -- Unguided and guided music and imagery inmedicine -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Song Lyric Discussion, Reminiscence and Life Review -- Introduction and definitions -- Song lyric discussion (SLD) -- Who can benefit from song lyric discussion? -- Song reminiscence in aged care settings -- Music life review -- Conclusion -- Note -- Chapter 7 Perceptual Listening and Musical Appreciation -- Introduction -- Principles in evaluating the value of recorded music for clients -- Suitability and cautions in selecting and playing music.

Protocol for the use of recorded music for listening in individual and group work -- Influencing factors -- Recorded music as part of the music therapy programme for people with intellectual disability -- Choice of music: a clinical/research example -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 8 Receptive Music Therapy and Art Media -- Music collage -- Music therapy and collage with bereaved children -- Music, drawing and narrative (MDN) -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9 Vibroacoustic Therapy in Receptive Music Therapy -- Introduction -- Basic theory -- Clinical applications -- Method of intervention and clinical procedures -- Frequency and duration of sessions -- Choice of music used in vibroacoustic treatment -- Contraindications -- Clinical applications of vibroacoustic therapy -- Conclusion -- Classical music selections for vibroacoustic therapy: discography -- Chapter 10 Music and Movement -- Introduction -- Clients with physical disabilities -- Music and movement protocol -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- THE AUTHORS -- SUBJECT INDEX -- AUTHOR INDEX.