Therapeutic songwriting in music therapy, part II: Comparing the literature with practice across diverse clinical populations

Nordic Journal of Music Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-56

  Baker, Felicity ^a   Wigram, Tony ^b   Stott, David ^c   McFerran, Katrina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lyric creation; Music therapy methods; Songwriting

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449638137     PISSN: 08098131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08098130802496373     Document Type: Article

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