Manfred & Penny Conrad Institute for Music Therapy Research

MUSIC, THE SELF, AND THE BRAIN Petr Janata, Ph.D. University of California, Davis USA Most people form strong associations with music across the course of their lives, and hearing a familiar song from one’s past can evoke vivid memories and emotions, and elicit singing and movement. In this talk I present the results of neuroimaging [...]

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Improvisational psychodynamic music therapy for depression: Randomized controlled trial BACKGROUND AND AIMS Music therapy is frequently offered to individuals suffering from depression (Maratos, Gold, Wang, & Crawford, 2008). Clinical evidence, anecdotal findings, and couple of controlled studies conducted so far suggest that music therapy is a promising, even effective form of treatment for depression. However, [...]

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INTEGRATING MUSICAL AND PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC THINKING RESEARCH ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORDS AND MUSIC IN CLINICALLY IMPROVISED SONGS Dr. Turry will present his doctoral research in which he studied his own therapy work. The study is a naturalistic inquiry examining the relationship between lyrics and music in improvised songs that were created in the context of [...]

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The Analytical Music Therapist (Priestley Method) as clinician, researcher and educator By means of video examples of Analytical Music Therapy (AMT) in a medical context, we will examine how improvisational AMT sessions can inform and inspire the music psychotherapy researcher and the music psychotherapy educator in an integrative way. This presentation will consider the following [...]

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Improvisational psychodynamic music therapy for depression Randomized controlled trial Dr Jaakko Erkkilä Read the abstract MUSIC, THE SELF, AND THE BRAIN Petr Janata, Ph.D. University of California, Davis USA Read the abstract The Analytical Music Therapist (Priestley Method) as clinician, researcher and educator Benedikte B. Scheiby Read the abstract INTEGRATING MUSICAL AND PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC THINKING RESEARCH [...]

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Dr. Jaakko Erkkilä, music therapist, psychotherapist, professor of music therapy is Director of Music Therapy master’s program at University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and Head of the Music Therapy Clinical Training at Eino Roiha Institute, Jyväskylä, Finland. He has over 20 years of clinical experience, working with adolescents and adults with psychiatric disorders, children with neurological [...]

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