Music Therapy in Childrens Palliative Care - Collaborative Family and Practitioner Voices

This book places the voices of children and families supported by children's palliative care at the centre as they articulate their own experiences of music therapy alongside music therapists to develop theory and practice in this area.

List of contents

Introduction. 1. The Need for Belonging 2. Lines of communication: creating continuing bonds on the neonatal unit. 3. Sophie’s Wonderful World: The Impact of Music Therapy on a Family Caring for a Life Limited Child 4. Freya’s Light 5. The Power of Connection: Family-Centred Virtual Music Therapy Groups 6. ‘Alive, brave and free. That’s what music means to me’: celebrating the diverse voices of a children’s hospice community through collaborative songwriting 7. Music Therapy in Paediatric Palliative Care: A link between the Hospice and Hospital. 8. "Things change and that's the way it is": Therapeutic songwriting with young adults transitioning from paediatric palliative care 9. The Gods of Music

About the author

Victoria Kammin is a music therapist who specialises in paediatric palliative care from Surrey, UK. She is Director of Resonance Creative Therapy, Lecturer on the MSc Music Therapy training at Queen Margaret University and undertaking her PhD at the University of York with the Paediatric Palliative Care Research Group.
Julie Russell is a freelance illustrator, teacher and lived-experience practitioner from Essex, UK. She has been married for over 25 years, is mother to a teenage son, and a bereaved parent to a toddler. Julie has given motivational talks about her family's experiences with paediatric palliative care and is a member of the Family Advisory Board at The Paediatric Palliative Care Research Group, University of York and Cicely Sanders Institute, Kings College London.

Summary

This book places the voices of children and families supported by children’s palliative care at the centre as they articulate their own experiences of music therapy alongside music therapists to develop theory and practice in this area.

Product details

• Authors: Victoria (Hcpc Kammin
• Assisted by: Victoria Kammin (Editor), Julie Russell (Editor), Russell Julie (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032657288
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3265728-8
• No. of pages: 158
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Child & Adolescent, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Counseling, Psychotherapy, Creative therapy (eg art, music, drama), Palliative Medicine, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services, Creative therapy / Expressive therapies