Psychodynamic Music Therapy

Psychodynamic interpersonal therapy

The dramatic development of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) over the past 30 years, with associated high-quality research into the evaluation of its treatment effects, is to be welcomed and applauded. This form of therapy is now a recognised psycho logical treatment of choice for a wide variety of psychological disorders. The role of cognitive processes in the development and prolongation o...

Music therapy and sleep cycle

Sleep is a basic behavior in humans. There are some research reports on the cyclical patterns of different types of sleep and their relationship to breathing, heart rate, brain waves, and other physical function. More recently, scientific research has begun to show how music therapy interacts with relaxation and sleep cycle. This research is focusing on the following hypotheses: 1. Music could ...

Music therapy and sleep cycle

Sleep is a basic behavior in humans. There are some research reports on the cyclical patterns of different types of sleep and their relationship to breathing, heart rate, brain waves, and other physical function. More recently, scientific research has begun to show how music therapy interacts with relaxation and sleep cycle. This research is focusing on the following hypotheses: 1. Music could ...

Practicing Psychodynamic Therapy: A Casebook PDF

Psychodynamic Therapy and Cognitive- Behavioral Therapy: Integration in the Trenches

Why the acrimony of the debate between these two schools of thought? Implicit vs. explicit theory The importance of not creating straw men Contrasting tone and metaphors of theoretical language Lack of familiarity on each side with other field’s recent clinical and theoretical evolution Healthy countertransferential function of “home theory” as a holding environment in the face of patients’ unc...