Music Therapy Handbook
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Edited by Michael Viega, Andeline dos Santos, and Barbara L. Wheeler
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Brian Abrams, PhD, LCAT, MT-BC, Cali School of Music, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
Joy Allen, PhD, MT-BC, Department of Music Therapy, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
Karinne’ Andonian, MA, MT-BC, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Debbie Bates, PhD, MT-BC, Arts and Medicine Department, Cleveland Clinic, Mayfield Heights, OH
Gene Ann Behrens, PhD, MT-BC, Professor of Music Emeritus, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA
Debra S. Burns, PhD, MT-BC, College of Communication and Fine Arts, Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Amy Clarkson, MMT, LCAT, MT-BC, TEP, College for Education and Engaged Learning, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
Amy Clements-Cortés, PhD, RP, MT-BC, MTA, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Mackenzie K. Conner, MA, MT-BC, LPC-R, The Madeline Centre, Lynchburg, VA
Kathryn Eberle Cotter, MMT, MT-BC, MFT, Create and Connect Collaborative Therapy Services, Butler, PA
Andeline dos Santos, DMus, MA, School of the Arts, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Jasmine Edwards, MA, LCAT, MT-BC, doctoral fellow, New York University, New York, NY
Mark Ettenberger, PhD, MA, MT, SONO—Centro de Musicoterapia, Bogotá, Colombia
CharCarol Fisher, MA, MT-BC, School of Music, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Sunelle Fouché, MMus (MT), MusicWorks, Cape Town, South Africa
Lisa Gallagher, PhD, MT-BC, Arts and Medicine Department, Cleveland Clinic, Mayfield Heights, OH
Caley Garden, MM, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Maevon Gumble, MMT, MT-BC, LPC, Becoming Through Sound LLC, Pittsburgh, PA
Laurien Hakvoort, PhD, RMTh, Dutch Association for Music Therapy; Department of Music Therapy, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Enschede, the Netherlands
Faith Halvorsen-Ramos, MA, LPC, ADDC, MT-BC, doctoral student, Department of Music Therapy, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; SoundWell Music Therapy, PLLC, Longmont, CO
Brian T. Harris, PhD, MT-BC, LCAT, Harris and Long Psychotherapy, New York, NY; Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, New York, NY; Kint Institute, New York, NY
Audrey Hausig, MMT, MT-BC, Philadelphia Music Therapy, Philadelphia, PA
Annie Heiderscheit, PhD, MT-BC, LMFT, Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Eugenia Hernandez-Ruiz, PhD, MT-BC, School of Music, Dance, and Theatre, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Braedyn Inmon, MMT, MT-BC, LPC-A, Connecticut Music Therapy Services, Fairfield, CT
Peter Jampel, DA, MT-BC, LCAT, Baltic Street Into Action, Brooklyn, NY; Music and Performing Arts Professions, New York University, New York
Viggo Krüger, PhD, Grieg Academy Music Therapy Research Centre, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Diane G. Langston, MM, MT-BC, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Affairs (VA) Health System at the Malcom Randall Department of VA Medical Center, Gainesville, FL
Hakeem Leonard, PhD, MT-BC, Associate Professor of Music Therapy, Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA
Raymond Leone, MMT, MT-BC, A Place to Be, Middleburg, VA
Carol Lotter, PhD, School of the Arts, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Ming Yuan Low, PhD, MT-BC, Department of Music Therapy, Berklee International College of Music–Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Jennifer Manno, MM, MT-BC, CEIM, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Bill Matney, PhD, MT-BC, School of Music, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Tríona McCaffrey, PhD, MA MT, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
Katrina Skewes McFerran, PhD, RMT, RGIMT, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Anthony Meadows, PhD, MT-BC, FAMI, Director of Music Therapy, Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA
Maren Metell, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, Grieg Academy, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
John F. Mondanaro, PhD, LCAT, MT-BC, CCLS, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Nsamu Moonga, MMT, doctoral candidate, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Kimberly Sena Moore, PhD, MT-BC, Bower School of Music, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
Hilary Moss, PhD, MBA, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
Kathleen M. Murphy, PhD, LCAT, MT-BC, Department of Music, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
Clare O’Callaghan, PhD, AM, RMT, RGMIT, Department of Medicine, St. Vincent’s Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Kristen O’Grady, MA, LCAT, MT-BC, doctoral fellow, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Amelia Oldfield, PhD, MPhil, LGSM(MT), Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research (Emeritus), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Helen Oosthuizen, PhD, private practice, United Kingdom
Noah Potvin, PhD, LPC, MT-BC, Mary Pappert School of Music, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
Andrew Rossetti, PhD, LCAT, MT-BC, Louis Armstrong Department of Music Therapy, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY
Jess Rushing, PhD, MT-BC, Department of Music, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Kaylynn Schachner, MMT, MT-BC, private practice, Pittsburgh, PA
Suzannah Scott-Moncrieff, MA, MT-BC, LCAT, Association for Music and Imagery, United Kingdom
Indra Selvarajah, PhD, NICU-MT, Department of Music, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
Carolyn Shaw, PhD, NZRMT, New Zealand School of Music, Te Kōkī, Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa, Wellington, New Zealand
Stephanie Sofield, MM, MT-BC, Mary Pappert School of Music, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
Jennifer Sokira, MMT, LCAT, MT-BC, Connecticut Music Therapy Services, Fairfield, CT; Alverno College, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
Krzysztof Stachyra, PhD, MT-C, Music Therapy Study Program, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Jeannette Tamplin, PhD, RMT, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
Natasha Thomas, PhD, MT-BC, Department of Music Technology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; Black Creative Healing, Bloomington, IN
Concetta Tomaino, DA, LCAT, MT-BC, Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, Mt Vernon, NY; Music, Multimedia, Theatre and Dance, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
Giorgos Tsiris, PhD, MMT(NR), Occupational Therapy and Arts Therapies Division, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; St. Columba’s Hospice Care, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Alan Turry, DA, LCAT, MT-BC, Nordoff–Robbins Center for Music Therapy, New York University, New York, NY
Michael Viega, PhD, LCAT, MT-BC, Cali School of Music, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
Alpha Woodward, PhD, FAMI, MA, Marywood University (retired), Scranton, PA
Juan Pedro Zambonini, PhD, MT-BC, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Michael L. Zanders, PhD, MT-BC, Boyer College of Music and Dance, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Jingwen Zhang, PhD, LCAT, MT-BC, Music Therapy Graduate Program, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
Joy Allen, PhD, MT-BC, Department of Music Therapy, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
Karinne’ Andonian, MA, MT-BC, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Debbie Bates, PhD, MT-BC, Arts and Medicine Department, Cleveland Clinic, Mayfield Heights, OH
Gene Ann Behrens, PhD, MT-BC, Professor of Music Emeritus, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA
Debra S. Burns, PhD, MT-BC, College of Communication and Fine Arts, Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Amy Clarkson, MMT, LCAT, MT-BC, TEP, College for Education and Engaged Learning, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
Amy Clements-Cortés, PhD, RP, MT-BC, MTA, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Mackenzie K. Conner, MA, MT-BC, LPC-R, The Madeline Centre, Lynchburg, VA
Kathryn Eberle Cotter, MMT, MT-BC, MFT, Create and Connect Collaborative Therapy Services, Butler, PA
Andeline dos Santos, DMus, MA, School of the Arts, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Jasmine Edwards, MA, LCAT, MT-BC, doctoral fellow, New York University, New York, NY
Mark Ettenberger, PhD, MA, MT, SONO—Centro de Musicoterapia, Bogotá, Colombia
CharCarol Fisher, MA, MT-BC, School of Music, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Sunelle Fouché, MMus (MT), MusicWorks, Cape Town, South Africa
Lisa Gallagher, PhD, MT-BC, Arts and Medicine Department, Cleveland Clinic, Mayfield Heights, OH
Caley Garden, MM, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Maevon Gumble, MMT, MT-BC, LPC, Becoming Through Sound LLC, Pittsburgh, PA
Laurien Hakvoort, PhD, RMTh, Dutch Association for Music Therapy; Department of Music Therapy, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Enschede, the Netherlands
Faith Halvorsen-Ramos, MA, LPC, ADDC, MT-BC, doctoral student, Department of Music Therapy, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; SoundWell Music Therapy, PLLC, Longmont, CO
Brian T. Harris, PhD, MT-BC, LCAT, Harris and Long Psychotherapy, New York, NY; Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, New York, NY; Kint Institute, New York, NY
Audrey Hausig, MMT, MT-BC, Philadelphia Music Therapy, Philadelphia, PA
Annie Heiderscheit, PhD, MT-BC, LMFT, Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Eugenia Hernandez-Ruiz, PhD, MT-BC, School of Music, Dance, and Theatre, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Braedyn Inmon, MMT, MT-BC, LPC-A, Connecticut Music Therapy Services, Fairfield, CT
Peter Jampel, DA, MT-BC, LCAT, Baltic Street Into Action, Brooklyn, NY; Music and Performing Arts Professions, New York University, New York
Viggo Krüger, PhD, Grieg Academy Music Therapy Research Centre, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Diane G. Langston, MM, MT-BC, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Affairs (VA) Health System at the Malcom Randall Department of VA Medical Center, Gainesville, FL
Hakeem Leonard, PhD, MT-BC, Associate Professor of Music Therapy, Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA
Raymond Leone, MMT, MT-BC, A Place to Be, Middleburg, VA
Carol Lotter, PhD, School of the Arts, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Ming Yuan Low, PhD, MT-BC, Department of Music Therapy, Berklee International College of Music–Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Jennifer Manno, MM, MT-BC, CEIM, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Bill Matney, PhD, MT-BC, School of Music, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Tríona McCaffrey, PhD, MA MT, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
Katrina Skewes McFerran, PhD, RMT, RGIMT, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Anthony Meadows, PhD, MT-BC, FAMI, Director of Music Therapy, Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA
Maren Metell, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, Grieg Academy, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
John F. Mondanaro, PhD, LCAT, MT-BC, CCLS, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Nsamu Moonga, MMT, doctoral candidate, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Kimberly Sena Moore, PhD, MT-BC, Bower School of Music, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
Hilary Moss, PhD, MBA, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
Kathleen M. Murphy, PhD, LCAT, MT-BC, Department of Music, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
Clare O’Callaghan, PhD, AM, RMT, RGMIT, Department of Medicine, St. Vincent’s Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Kristen O’Grady, MA, LCAT, MT-BC, doctoral fellow, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Amelia Oldfield, PhD, MPhil, LGSM(MT), Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research (Emeritus), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Helen Oosthuizen, PhD, private practice, United Kingdom
Noah Potvin, PhD, LPC, MT-BC, Mary Pappert School of Music, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
Andrew Rossetti, PhD, LCAT, MT-BC, Louis Armstrong Department of Music Therapy, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY
Jess Rushing, PhD, MT-BC, Department of Music, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Kaylynn Schachner, MMT, MT-BC, private practice, Pittsburgh, PA
Suzannah Scott-Moncrieff, MA, MT-BC, LCAT, Association for Music and Imagery, United Kingdom
Indra Selvarajah, PhD, NICU-MT, Department of Music, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
Carolyn Shaw, PhD, NZRMT, New Zealand School of Music, Te Kōkī, Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa, Wellington, New Zealand
Stephanie Sofield, MM, MT-BC, Mary Pappert School of Music, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
Jennifer Sokira, MMT, LCAT, MT-BC, Connecticut Music Therapy Services, Fairfield, CT; Alverno College, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
Krzysztof Stachyra, PhD, MT-C, Music Therapy Study Program, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Jeannette Tamplin, PhD, RMT, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
Natasha Thomas, PhD, MT-BC, Department of Music Technology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; Black Creative Healing, Bloomington, IN
Concetta Tomaino, DA, LCAT, MT-BC, Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, Mt Vernon, NY; Music, Multimedia, Theatre and Dance, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
Giorgos Tsiris, PhD, MMT(NR), Occupational Therapy and Arts Therapies Division, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; St. Columba’s Hospice Care, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Alan Turry, DA, LCAT, MT-BC, Nordoff–Robbins Center for Music Therapy, New York University, New York, NY
Michael Viega, PhD, LCAT, MT-BC, Cali School of Music, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
Alpha Woodward, PhD, FAMI, MA, Marywood University (retired), Scranton, PA
Juan Pedro Zambonini, PhD, MT-BC, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Michael L. Zanders, PhD, MT-BC, Boyer College of Music and Dance, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Jingwen Zhang, PhD, LCAT, MT-BC, Music Therapy Graduate Program, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY