This course comprises two series of seminars focusing on the techniques, processes and effects of music therapy. Through systematic presentation of casework, students examine a number of ways in which music may be used interactively to establish therapeutic relationships. From the start, they contribute their own observations and make judgements as to the effectiveness of techniques and the place of these within the ongoing process of therapy. Full-time students register for the two series of seminars as a double course since they run concurrently during the autumn semester. Part-time students register for MUT015M301 in the first year, and .302 in the second year.
Students observe a mother and infant in the home setting for ten one-hour periods.
The observation is discussed in a weekly series of seminars which focus upon a psychoanalytic interpretation of observed events. The observations provide the student with an opportunity to become aware of the persistence of infantile modes of behaviour into later life, particularly in states of psychological distress. In the second semester students present their own casework for discussion in the same way. All students will have a professional standard of instrumental or vocal competence and a strong musical background so in this course they will be organized in small groups to work practically on the use of their skills in clinical situations. This course builds on aspects of child development and language pathology.