Valerie Sheese, BFA, MMT Candidate
Research Supervisor: Dr. Carolyn L. R. Arnason
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, CANADA
Abstract:
The purpose of this qualitative study is to examine and present a client’s point of view of their own music therapy experiences. Purposeful sampling was employed to identify a client who was able to provide an insightful and articulate account of their personal music therapy process. Sources of data include reflective journals, interviews, and one video recording of a music therapy session with the client participant and his music therapist. This narrative, single case study project seeks to describe the music therapy process from a client’s perspective more than from the music therapist’s or researcher’s point of view.
