Microanalysis in Music Therapy: Methods, Techniques and Applications for Clinicians, Researchers, Educators and Students

Wosch, T. and Wigram, T. (2007). Microanalysis in Music Therapy: Methods, Techniques and Applications for Clinicians, Researchers, Educators and Students. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN: 978-1-84310-469-8 AUS $58.95

Microanalysis in Music Therapy aims at a burning point in our profession now a days: how to analyse and document relevant changes that are crucial to the therapeutic process in order to understand what is happening. Most of us believe that benefits from a systematic analysis and further documentation of significant events in Music Therapy are twofold: on one hand, the therapeutic process will be improved and on the other hand, validity of music as a therapeutic intervention will be enhanced. However, the lack of standardised tools of analysis make this process of analysing and documenting data harsh. Deciding what is relevant, how to carry out a...