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The genealogical section of this book discusses the deep historical connections between music therapy and therapeutic work with the body. The praxeological part deals with current methodological and theoretical approaches and the implementation of physicality in concrete music therapy procedures. These may or may not include physical touch. Of course, music can always touch without the need for concrete physical contact. This is one of the strengths of music therapy treatment, e.g. for children, patients with psychosomatic illnesses or in geriatrics. Unreflected contact with the body, especially in the form of any kind of physical touch, can certainly pose a danger. In some areas, however, psychotherapy does not work at all without spontaneous or targeted touch. Perhaps this book can help to bring all of this more into the discussion: how can we better integrate the use of the body into music therapy training programmes?
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Tonius Timmermann, Prof. Dr. rer. biol. hum. (Wessobrunn), Dipl. Päd., Musiktherapeut BVM, Psychotherapie HPG, Professor für Musiktherapie und Leiter des Studienganges an der Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg-Augsburg, Abt. Augsburg, Mitbegründer des Instituts für Musiktherapie und der berufsbegleitenden Weiterbildung Musiktherapie am Freien Musikzentrum München, Praxis in München, Seminare und Vorträge im In- und Ausland, zahlreiche Publikationen.
