Music in Arts-Based Research and Depth Psychology

This book addresses an existing gap in academic arts-based research whereby, rather than exploring music as an effective therapeutic intervention, it is explored as the central medium or tool of inquiry.

Shara Brun is a Core Candidate Assistant Professor in the graduate Somatic Counseling program at Naropa University, USA.

Section I: Introduction and Theory 1. Aims of the Book: Making Room for Music and Sound in Inquiry 2. Key Terms and Contexts in Music, Sound, and Inquiry 3. Music and Sound in Inquiry: Current Uses and Obstacles Section II: Application and Practice: The Sonic Stretching Research 4. Research Approach and Integrative Methodology 5. Heuristic Findings: Compositional Process as MABR Methodology 6. Findings from Listener Feedback: The Sonic Waters of Transformation 7. Conclusions, Ethical Considerations, and Evaluations of Rigor