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Historically music therapy developed as a post-war practice along with many other therapies in the allied health field such as Occupational Therapy, and Speech and Language Therapy.
improve human health and life include a broader and deeper focus on medical, cognitive and applied ethnomusicology; music and community engagement; and music and sustainability and development, among others. In addition to these developments in music (and of course those that are ongoing in music therapy, dance therapy and expressive arts therapy),
- Benjamin D. Koen
- 2018
Music therapy as an allied health profession grew from the demand for rehabilitation programs for World War 2 survivors in the early 1940s and was officially established in 1950 with the formation of the National Association for Music Therapy (NAMT) in the United States (Chiang 2008:30).
- Music-Mind Dynamics
- Psychological Flexibility
- Entrainment
- Embeingment
- Human Certainty Principle
This part of the model is developed from earlier versions used to explore the dynamic and affective relationship among music, specialised practices (e.g., meditation), health and healing (see Koen 2009, p. 65). For the purpose of the current model and to lay out a conceptual frame for the future of medical ethnomusicology, music-mind dynamics empha...
Psychological flexibility is a broad category that entails cognitive and emotional flexibility (Hinton 2008, pp. 125–129). In addition, it is involved in all aspects of flexibility based on the five factors model. Thus, physical, social or relational and spiritual flexibility are also in a dynamic and affective relationship with psychological flexi...
Entrainment has recently received more attention in ethnomusicological research, with one track being focused on cognition and the brain, and another on health and healing (e.g., see Berger and Turow 2011; Clayton et al. 2004; Koen 2009). It is puzzling why it has not been the focus of more research across fields interested in music’s role in healt...
It is arguable that neologisms are rarely needed today; however, at times they can be helpful, even if simply to help redefine existing terms that have come to limit the discourse. One example from the history of biomedicine and its concept of how medical research and practice should be conducted is instructive. Biomedicine proceeded from the notio...
Perhaps the most abstract or challenging of the concepts I have put forth is the Human Certainty Principle (HCP). Perhaps there is a better term that will arise from our discourse, however, let me explain my intent here. Across diverse cultures and clinical contexts of illness and healing, there is a dynamic I have noticed and experienced myself th...
- Benjamin D. Koen
- 2018
Whatever the motivation, the. study of music learning and teaching, as Merriam claimed and as this review of a portion. of the literature demonstrates, has provided an important lens through which •. ethnomusicologists have come to understand human cognition, cultural expression, and socially structured behavior.
Mar 1, 2006 · A scientific basis for music therapy only emerged after World War II and the term "music therapy" was introduced in about 1950. Contemporary music therapy is used in many fields of...
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Applied ethnomusicology can: • • Offer information on how to approach music therapy in a culturally appropriate fashion; and, Help us to become more aware of the diverse ways in which the same music can affect different individuals, including their wellness levels, and as per their histories and socio-cultural contexts.
