Multimodal Psychiatric Music Therapy for Adults, Adolescents, and Children

Michael D. Cassity is Professor and Coordinator of Music Therapy at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. He has a degree in psychology and a Ph.D. with a major in music therapy and is a past president of the Southwestern Region of the American Music Therapy Association (SWAMTA). Julia E. Cassity is a counsellor and music therapist in private practice. She has a degree in psychology and a Masters in clinical psychology. Julia and Michael Cassity give multimodal psychiatric music therapy workshops across the U.S.

• Part I. 1. About this Manual. 2. Tutorial Guide: Use of this manual. Part II. 3. Adults. Behavior. Affect. Sensory. Imagery. Cognitive. Interpersonal-Socialization. Drugs. 4. Adolescents. Behavior. Affect. Sensory. Imagery. Cognitive. Interpersonal-Socialization. Drugs. 5. Children. Behavior. Affect. Sensory. Imagery. Cognitive. Interpersonal-Socialization. Drugs. 6. Adults - Music Behavior. Listening to Music. Singing. Playing Instruments. Improvising Music. Locomotor Movement to Music. Composing Music. Nonlocomotor Movement to Music. 7. Adolescents - Music Behavior. Listening to Music. Playing Instruments. Improvising Music. Singing. Composing Music. Locomotor Movement to Music. 8. Children - Music Behavior. Listening to Music. Singing. Playing Instruments. Locomotor Movement to Music. Composing Music. Improvising Music. Nonlocomotor Movement to Music. Part III. 9. Practice Exercises. 10. Group Therapy. 11. Brief Therapy: Short-Term Music Therapy. Appendix 1. Appendix 2. Appendix 3. Appendix 4. References. Subject index. Author index.

This manual has proved to be invaluable to my music therapy clinical students, interns, and professional colleagues working in the mental health arena. It's wonderful to have a "state of the best practice" manual of music therapists working in mental health settings--this resource enriches our profession.