Introduction. 1. Object Relations. 2. The Language of Music and the Music of Winnicott. 3. The Music of Beginning. 4. Holding and the Early Environment. 5. The Observation of Infants in a Set Situation. 6. Transitional Objects and the Transitional Phenomena. 7. The Use of an Object and Relating through Identifications. 7.1. Aggression. 7.2. Hate. 8. Playing. 8.1. Theory of Play. 8.2. Musical Play. 9. A Sense of Self and Music Therapy. 10. Transference and Countertransference. 11. Therapeutic Practice. References.
Child development theory (DWWinnicott, JBowlby, APhillips and KBollas) as it applies to music therapy practice
Alison Levinge, PHD, LGSM(MT), Cert.Ed., is a music therapy practitioner and researcher. She specialises in music therapy with children experiencing early developmental difficulties and issues relating to bereavement and is currently researching the use of music therapy for mothers suffering from depression and their babies. She teaches and lectures internationally and is based in Bristol, UK.
For the last 10 years, all the music therapy training courses in
the UK have been teaching students about Winnicott's theories.
Here, at last, is a book by an experienced music therapy clinician
entirely devoted to looking at the strong links between Winnicott's
thinking and music therapy practice. In this cleverly crafted,
thoughtful and elegant work, case studies beautifully illustrate,
clarify and bring to life these important links.
*Amelia Oldfield, music therapist and author of 'Flute, Accordion
or Clarinet?: Using the Characteristics of Our Instruments in Music
Therapy'*
In this important book Alison Levinge provides some powerful
insights, from her perspective as a music therapist, into the work
of one the 20th century's most innovative psychoanalysts. Of
particular value to music therapists will be her understanding of
Winnicott's recognition of the centrality of unspoken experience to
the therapeutic process, and her emphasis on the importance of
'play', in every sense. This book will not only be a resource for
students of music therapy: it will be something for all music
therapists to return to throughout professional life.
*Eleanor Richards, Senior Lecturer in Music Therapy, Anglia Ruskin
University, UK*
This is a welcome addition to the music therapy literature in which
Alison Levinge explores the relevance of Winnicott's theories and
approach to music therapy, and in particular to her own practice.
This is not scientific research or an academic tome, rather a book
by a practising clinician, drawing heavily on personal experience.
There are no references to the clinical work of other music
therapists or indeed to music therapy theory in general. Instead
her approach is to relate her own practice to the ideas of
Winnicott with reference to other important figures in
psychoanalysis, in particular the object relations school. Levinge
writes with great feeling and insight, bringing in numerous
clinical examples from diverse settings. It is in her discussion of
these clinical vignettes that the book really comes to live...
Levinge has an intimate, conversational style, which makes for an
enjoyable read...
*British Journal of Music Therapy*
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