Music Therapy Doctoral Dissertation Directory

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Author	Year	Title
Aigen, Ken	1991	The Roots of Music Therapy: Towards an Indigenous Research Paradigm (Vol I & II)
Amir, Dorit	1992	Awakening and Expanding the Self: Meaningful Moments in the Music Therapy Process as Experienced and Described by Music Therapists and Music Therapy Clients
Arnason, Carolyn	1998	The Experience of Music Therapists in an Improvisational Therapy Group
Austin, Diane	2004	When Words Sing & Music Speaks: A Qualitative Study of In-Depth Music Psychotherapy with Adults
Brescia, Tina	2004	A Qualitative Study of Intuition as Experienced and Used by Music Therapists
Fidelibus, Joseph	2004	Mindfulness in Music Therapy Clinical Improvisation: When the Music Flows
Forinash, Michele	1990	A Phenomenology of Music Therapy with the Terminally Ill
Gardner, Carol	1999	Music Therapy: Enhancing Communication Between Family Caregivers and Their Loved Ones with Dementia
Gonzalez, David	1992	Mythopoetic Music Therapy: A Phenomenological Investigation Into its Application with Adults
Hammel-Gormley, Amy	1995	Singing the Songs: A Qualitative Study of Music Therapy with Individuals Having Psychiatric Illnesses as well as Histories of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Jampel, Peter	2006	Performance in Music Therapy with Mentally Ill Adults
Kasayka, Roseann	1991	To Meet and Match the Moment of Hope: Transpersonal Elements of the Guided Imagery and Music Experience
Kim, Mijin	2006	Intentionality of Autistic Individuals Expressed While Engaged in the Creative Music Making Process
Kwon, Hea-Kyung	2009	Music Psychotherapy with Korean Women who experienced Son Preference
Loewy, Joanne	1994	A Hermeneutic Panel Study of Music Therapy Assessment with an Emotionally Disturbed Boy
Loveszy, Rebecca Ramirez	2005	Musical Journeys: Music Therapy with Latin American Mother-Infant Dyads in a Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program
Magill, Lucille Anne	2007	The Spiritual Meaning of Music Therapy After the Death of a Loved One: A Qualitative Study of Surviving Caregivers
Montello, Louise	1989	Utilizing Music Therapy as a Mode of Treatment for the Performance Stress of Professional Musicians
Nagler, Joseph	1993	A Qualitative Study of Children in Crisis: Interventions Through Music Therapy and Digital Music Technology
Okazaki-Sakaue, Kana	2010	The Clinical Use of Music Components and Their Impact in Improvisational Music Therapy
Ramsey, David	2002	The Restoration of Communal Experiences During the Group Music Therapy Process with Non-Fluent Aphasic Patients
Sorel, Suzanne	2005	Presenting Carly and Elliot: Exploring roles and relationships in a mother-son dyad in Nordoff-Robbins music therapy
Tomaino, Concetta	1998	Music on Their Minds: A Qualitative Study of the Effects of Using Familiar Music to Stimulate Preserved Memory Function in Persons with Dementia
Turry, Alan	2006	The Connection Between Words and Music in Music Therapy Improvisation: An examination of a Therapist's Method

Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions