Music Therapy Supervision

Voices of supervisors and supervisees from a range of backgrounds are brought together to create a comprehensive overview of the application of music therapy supervision. From cultural awareness in international placements to the use of recent technology, the book follows the theory and practice of music therapy supervision at every career stage.

Edited by Catherine Warner and Ann Sloboda

Introduction Cathy Warner and Ann Sloboda Part 1: Training Supervision 1 The First Cut is the Deepest: A Conversation between a Music Therapist and their First Training Supervisor, Fifteen Years On. Luke Annesley and Andy Lale 2 Spiegel im Spiegel: The Experience of a First-time Placement Supervisor Anna Macken and trainees 3 In Correspondence: Co-creating Reflexive Spaces through Improvisation in Music Therapy Supervision Seminars Nicky Haire and trainees Part 2: Diverse Cultural Practices in Supervision 4 We Need to Talk about Race: Supervision Through a Racial Lens Michaela de Cruz and Davina Vencatasamy 5 The Nordoff Robbins Tradition of Supervision: Cultivating Awareness and Courage to Follow where Music and People Lead Oksana Zharinova and Simon Procter 6 In Search of the Little Blue Girl: A Creative Exploration into the Supervisory Relationship between a Music Therapist Supervisee and a Dramatherapist Supervisor Sophie Riga de Spinoza and Mandy Carr 7 Group Supervision with the Ahonen Method: Origins and Applications Cathy Warner, Adam Kishtainy and Abigail Williams Part 3: Supervision during the Pandemic 8 Approaching a New Threshold: Integrating Learning from Supervision Pre and Post Pandemic Maria Radoje and Sally Pestell 9 Music Therapy Group Supervision in a Brazilian Clinic: Difficulties, Challenges and Learning Experiences Gustavo Schulz Gattino, Joyce Ribeiro, Jemima Rodrigues, Gabriela Silva, Sarah Caroline Jeronimo da Silva, Tatiana Harumi Komi and Julio Cesar Ramon Oliveira 10 Large Group Peer Supervision: Working Online with the Unthought Known Joy Rickwood, Hilary Storer and Cathy Warner Part 4: Reflections on Sustained Experiences of Supervision 11 Now and Then: Reflections on Supervisee and Supervisor Perspectives in Early Career Ann Sloboda and Hilary Moss 12 Working with Unconscious Processes as Part of the Music Therapy Supervisor's Task Robin Wiltshire 13 Something Different: Exploring the Perspectives and Experience of a Palliative Care Doctor receiving Supervision from a Music Therapist Jane Lings 14 At the Still Point Julie Sutton List of contributors Subject index Name index