Music Therapy with Children and their Families

In this volume, music therapists from the UK contribute 10 essays on working with children and their families in clinics, child development centers, inpatient psychiatric units, private practice, and schools and relating to a variety of issues such as learning disabilities, autism, trauma, adoption, and attachment, as well as hospice patients. Emphasis in the case studies is placed on involving the family in the child's therapy. Oldfield (Anglia Ruskin U., UK) and Flower are both music therapists in the UK. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Amelia Oldfield is a well-known and prestigious music therapist with over 25 years' experience in the field. She works at the Croft Unit for Child and Family Psychiatry and at the Child Development Centre, Addenbrookes. She also lectures at Anglia Polytechnic University, where she co-initiated the MA Music Therapy Training. Amelia has completed four research investigations and a PhD. She has also produced six music therapy training videos. She is married with four children and plays clarinet in local chamber music groups in Cambridge, UK. Claire Flower has 20 years' experience as a music therapist in clinical practice, working in a range of settings with a wide variety of client groups. She works now at the Cheyne Child Development Service based at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. Claire is a past Chairperson of the British Society for Music Therapy, maintains a supervision practice and continues to both write about and present her work extensively.