Parenting-focused Music Therapy- An Integrative Approach

The first guide to focus on parents in one of the most common areas of music therapy - work with children and families. The book will address therapeutic work with parents, offering theoretical insights and practical tools to strengthen the parent-child bond.

Children and families are the most common group to be referred to music therapy, particularly in the areas of autism, disability and adoption. However, few resources address the role of parents, or the negative emotions such as guilt, disappointment and shame that leave many parents feeling distressed.
Tali Gottfried, Stine Lindahl Jacobsen and Kirsi Tuomi, with extensive clinical and academic experience, include a rich array of perspectives, methods, and clinical approaches, while keeping human encounter and the child-parent bond at the centre of this book.
The authors cover methods such as improvisation, voice work, songwriting, video-based work and include practice-based descriptions that highlight different pathways towards connection.
Music therapy can be adapted to different families, cultural contexts, and developmental needs; this book celebrates the unique pathway music provides for creating, strengthening, and repairing those relationships.
A key resource for music therapists working with children and families who want broad theoretical perspectives - as well as practical guidelines to deepen and optimize with children, adolescents, and adults.