To Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Denmark, December 2013
New Book Proposal
Author/Editor
Stine Lindahl Jaocbsen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Head of Music Therapy
Programme, Aalborg University Denmark
Email address
slj@hum.aau.dk
Title: Models of music therapy with families
The book would be an anthology about models of music therapy with families in welldefined clinical areas. Working with families is a new and developing field within
music therapy and such an anthology is needed for teaching, research and clinical
purposes all around the world. There have been a few prior books on music therapy
with families with focus only on the clinical practice and only including a small range
of clinical population. This anthology is in line with previous method/models book
that JKP published including Improvisation, Songwriting, Receptive methods, and
Microanalysis with all chapters including a new clinical population and a new music
therapy model.
Based on my own research and clinical experience I suggest the following structure of
the book (included names of consenting chapter-authors in bold and not yet asked
authors in italics)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
An introduction describing the developing field of music therapy with families
looking at the history and the different clinical settings and areas. (Editor)
The following chapters will be divided into clinical areas including:
Families with children with autism (Grace Thompson, PhD, Lecturer,
Melbourne University, Australia)
Families with children in neonatal care (Friederike Haslbeck, PhD, lecturer,
Switzerland)
Families with adopted children (Kirsi Tuomi, PhD student, Jyväskylä
University, Finland)
Families with dying family members (Signe Lindstrøm, MA, Clinician at
Hospice in Denmark)
Families and child protection (Stine Jacobsen, PhD, Head of
studies, Aalborg University)
Families and early childhood in groups: Sing and Grow (Kate Teggelove, Head
of Service, Australia)
8.
9.
10.
Refugee families (?????)
Families with family members suffering from dementia (Hanne Mette
Ridder, Professor Aalborg University, DK)
Families and early childhood development: Bobbin’ Babies (Vicky Abad,
managing director, Australia)
11.
12.
Families and children at risk (Varvara Pasiali, Assistant Professor,
Queens University of Charlotte, USA)
Families at Psychiatric Units (Amelia Oldfield, Professor, Anglia Ruskin
13.
University, UK)
Families with infants using infant directed singing (Shannon K. de l’Etoile,
Professor University of Miami, USA
(possibly more chapters within same clinical group when the models or approaches
are significantly different)
The chapters will all have a common structure including mandatory sections such as
(a) Clinical population and setting, (b) Theoretical background (music therapy theory,
family therapy theory as well as other relevant theories from developmental
psychology), (c) Research on the method or model (both qualitative and quantitative),
(d) Clinical approach (clinical interventions, goals, music therapy techniques and
activities – and how this relates to the theory), (e) a case or vignette illustrating the
approach and connections with theory/research, (f) discussion of dilemmas,
challenging issues, relevance of the treatment and other issues relevant for the specific
client group or model/approach.
The book will end with a summarizing chapter looking at the similarities and
differences between the different models and clinical areas (Editor).
Each chapter would range from 5500-7000 words which would yield a book of
maximum 91000 words. With many different authors I expect it will take 1-2 years to
edit the book. There might be tables in sections on research and also illustrative
figures about clinical approach in each chapter, but the book is mainly intended to be
in text format with possible supplements of black & white pictures of clinical practice.
Competing books:
Music therapy with children and their families
Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN: 978-1-84310-581-7, BIC 2: MQTC
This is mainly a book based on clinical case studies with few references to theory,
research and a specific music therapy model. The studies are all based on clinical
practice in UK and limited in terms of different client populations.
Music Therapy and Parent-Infant Bonding
Oxford University Press ISBN: 978-0-19-958051-4
This book is also mainly based on clinical practice with more references to theory and
fewer references to research within the area. It is international with four participating
countries, but the age of the children is limited to very young children and infants
were as the proposed book is with children in all ages and so far includes 6 different
countries.
Qualified to peer review manuscript if required:
Professor Gro Trondalen, PhD
Norwegian Academy of Music
Postbox 5190, Majorstua
N-0302 Oslo, Norway
E-mail: Gro.Trondalen@nmh.no
Phone: + 47 23 36 72 79
Fax: + 47 23 36 72 01
Professor Jane Edwards, PhD
Irish World Academy of Music and Dance
University of Limerick,
Limerick, Ireland.
tel: +353-61-213122
fax: +353-61-202589
e-mail: jane.edwards@ul.ie
Author information
Working address:
Kroghstræde 6,
9220 Aalborg Øst
Denmark
0045 99409103
Home address:
Gl. Vejlevej 29A
8721 Daugård
Denmark
00 45 22742812
Slj@hum.aau.dk
Current position and experiences relevant for the proposed book:
Assistant Professor, Head of Music Therapy Programme, Aalborg University
Member of international Consortium of Music Therapy Research:
http://www.mt-phd.aau.dk/organisation/research-networks/consortium/
http://conservatorium.unimelb.edu.au/research/units/consortium
Member of International Music Therapy with Families Network
Board member of the Danish Associations of Music Therapists since 2009
Clinician at a family care centre for 6 years before and during writing my PhD about
assessment and treatment of families at risk.
Chapters in books:
Several chapters in new (Danish but planning to translate to English) edition of
A Comprehensive Guide to Music Therapy. ISBN: 978-1-84310-083-6,
(translated titles):
Music therapy methods
Clinical assessment in music therapy
Music therapy with families
Music therapy with children and youth at risk
Holck, U. & Jacobsen, S. L. (2014) Inklusion, børnegrupper, musikterapi – musik og
kommunikativ musikalitet [inclusion, music therapy – music and communicative
musicality]. In: Susan Hart (ed.) Neuroaffektiv udvikling gennem leg og samspil:
Inklusion af vore særlige børn i gruppefællesskaber [Neuroaffect development
through play and interaction: Inclusion of our special needs children in group
communities]. Hans Reitzels Forlag, in press
Relevant journal/magazine articles:
Jacobsen, S. L. (2012). The color of us - Denmark. Imagine 3(1), Online magazine
Jacobsen, S.L. (2012). Music therapy assessment and development of parental
competences in families with children who have experienced emotional neglect: An
investigation of the reliability and validity of the tool, Assessment of Parenting
Competencies (APC). Unpublished PhD Thesis, Aalborg, Denmark: Aalborg
University. Available at
http://www.mt-phd.aau.dk/digitalAssets/42/42798_jacobsen2012.pdf
Jacobsen, S. L. (2013). Forskning i musikterapi – familier med børn med særlige
behov og udsatte familier [Research in music therapy – families with children with
special needs and families at risk]. Tidsskriftet Dansk Musikterapi [Journal of Danish
Music Therapy], 10(1), 21 – 30.
Jacobsen, S., & Wigram T. (2007). Music therapy for the assessment of parental
competences for children in need of care. Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 16, 129–
142.
Jacobsen, S. & Killén, K. (2014). Clinical application of music therapy assessment
within the field of child protection. Nordic Journal of Music Therapy.
DOI:10.1080/08098131.2014.908943
Jacobsen, S. L., & McKinney, C. H. (2014). A music therapy tool for assessing
parent-child interaction in cases of emotional neglect. Journal of Child and Family
Studies. DOI: 10.1007/s10826-014-0019-0
Jacobsen, S.L., McKinney, C. H. & Holck, U. (2014) Effects of a Dyadic Music
Therapy Intervention on Parent-Child Interaction, Parent Stress, and Parent-Child
Relationship in Families with Emotionally Neglected Children:
A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Music Therapy. In press
Kern, P., Lindahl Jacobsen, S., Tuomi, K., Georgiadi, E., Stachyra, K., Flower, C., &
Stegeman, T. (2014). The color or us: Music therapy for young children in Europe. In
J. Fachner, P. Kern, & G. Tucek (Eds.). Proceedings of the 14. World Congress of
Music Therapy. Special issue of Music Therapy Today 10(1), 256-257. Retrieved
from http://musictherapytoday.wfmt.info.