Therapeutic Songwriting: Developments in Theory, Methods, and Practice

✍ Scribed by Felicity A. Baker (auth.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 332
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Therapeutic Songwriting provides a comprehensive examination of contemporary methods and models of songwriting as used for therapeutic purposes. It describes the environmental, sociocultural, individual, and group factors shaping practice, and how songwriting is understood and practiced within different psychological and wellbeing orientations.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction, Research Focus, and Approach....Pages 3-12
Songwriting: A Coming of Age....Pages 13-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Environmental Factors....Pages 29-39
Sociocultural Factors....Pages 41-52
Individual Factors....Pages 53-66
Group Factors....Pages 67-73
Role of Music in Songwriting....Pages 75-87
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
Introducing Songwriting Methods....Pages 91-98
Songwriting Methods that Emphasize Lyric Creation....Pages 99-122
Songwriting Methods that Emphasize Lyric and Music Creation....Pages 123-140
Songwriting Methods that Emphasize Music Creation....Pages 141-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Outcome-Oriented Models of Songwriting....Pages 157-178
Experience-Oriented Models of Songwriting....Pages 179-232
Context-Oriented Models of Songwriting....Pages 233-282
Songwriting as an Integral Practice....Pages 283-286
Back Matter....Pages 287-322

✦ Subjects

Psychotherapy and Counseling;Music;Clinical Psychology;Psychotherapy