1. Overview of Music Therapy as a Profession, Barbara L. Wheeler

2. A History of Music Therapy, William Davis & Susan Hadley

3. Aesthetic Foundations of Music Therapy: Music and Emotion, James Hiller

4. Music Therapy and the Brain, Concetta M. Tomaino

5. Music Therapy and Cultural Diversity, Seung-A Kim & Annette Whitehead-Pleaux

6. Ethics in Music Therapy, Debbie Bates

7. Music Therapy Assessment, Anne W. Lipe

8. Music Therapy Research, Debra S. Burns & Anthony Meadows

9. Evidence-Based Practice in Music Therapy, Felicity A. Baker

10. Music Therapy Methods, Susan Gardstrom & Suzanne Sorel

II. Orientations and Approaches

11. Psychodynamic Approaches, Connie Isenberg

12. Humanistic Approaches, Brian Abrams

13. Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches, Suzanne Hanser

14. Developmental Approaches, Cynthia A. Briggs

15. Nordoff–Robbins Music Therapy, Nina Guerrero, David Marcus, & Alan Turry

16. The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music, Madelaine Ventre & Cathy H. McKinney

17. Analytical Music Therapy, Benedikte B. Scheiby

18. Neurologic Music Therapy, Corene P. Hurt-Thaut & Sarah B. Johnson

19. Community Music Therapy, Brynjulf Stige

20. Music Therapy in Expressive Arts, Margareta Wärja

III. Clinical Applications

A. Music Therapy for Children and Adolescents

21. Music Therapy for Developmental Issues in Early Childhood, Marcia Humpal

22. Music Therapy for Children with Intellectual Disabilities, Beth McLaughlin & Ruthlee Figlure Adler

23. Music Therapy for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, John A. Carpente & A. Blythe LaGasse

24. Music Therapy for Children with Speech and Language Disorders, Kathleen M. Howland

25. Music Therapy for Children with Sensory Deficits, Greta E. Gillmeister & Paige Elwafi

26. Music Therapy in the Schools, Katrina Skewes McFerran

B. Music Therapy for Adults

27. Music Therapy for Adults with Mental Illness, Gillian Stephens Langdon

28. Music Therapy in Addictions Treatment, Kathleen M. Murphy

29. Music Therapy for Older Adults, Hanne Mette Ridder & Barbara L. Wheeler

30. Music Therapy for Women Survivors of Domestic Violence, Elizabeth York & Sandra L. Curtis

31. Music Therapy for Survivors of Traumatic Events, Ronald M. Borczon

32. Music Therapy for Grief and Loss, Robert E. Krout

C. Medical Music Therapy

33. Music Therapy in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Helen Shoemark & Deanna Hanson-Abromeit

34. Medical Music Therapy for Children, Joanne Loewy

35. Medical Music Therapy for Adults, Carol Shultis & Lisa Gallagher

36. Music Therapy for Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury and Other Neurological Disorders, Jeanette Tamplin

37. Music Therapy at the End of Life, Clare O’Callaghan, Lucy Forrest, & Yun Wen

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