Sociocultural Identities in Music Therapy.

Sociocultural Identities in Music Therapy.

Sociocultural Identities in Music Therapy is a collection of personal narratives by 18 music therapists who engage in a critical culturally reflexive process and explore implications for their therapeutic practice. Amongst the authors, there is gender diversity, diversity of sexualities, racial dive...

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Hadley, Susan.
Place / Publishing House:Dallas, TX : : Barcelona Publishers,, 2021.
©2021.
Year of Publication:2021
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (321 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover Image
  • Title Page
  • Copyright &amp
  • Permissions
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Conceptual Origins and Theoretical Framing
  • Situating Myself: Embracing Complexities
  • What Lies Ahead
  • Chapter 1. Me: A Personal And Professional Necessity
  • Location of Self
  • Exploring Me Through a Culturally Sustaining Lens:
  • A Whole Lot of Black Backs Made Bridges
  • Embarking on an Intentional Practice of Critical Cultural Reflexivity
  • If Not a Culturally Sustaining Practice, Then What? Implications
  • Chapter 2. transfronterizx
  • growing up in the borderlands
  • music in the borderlands
  • final thoughts
  • Chapter 3. "What Are You?" Finding Connection As A Brown, Male Music Therapist
  • Point of Entry
  • Values, Identity, and Signature Theme
  • A Brown, Male Music Therapist in an Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital
  • Summary and Implications for Music Therapists
  • Chapter 4. A Skeptic In The Land Of Music Therapy: Evaluating Evidence At The Beginnings Of Practice
  • Ethnomusictherapist
  • Only Americans Go to Therapy
  • Telling Fortunes
  • A Conversion Experience?
  • The Maligned, Wonderful Placebo
  • Chapter 5. Making A Detour: Paths For Diverse People To Live In Diverse Ways
  • Introduction
  • The Experiences Developing My Sociocultural Identities
  • Examples of Work in Which I Have Engaged
  • Ambiguous Ways to Communicate with People's Sociocultural Identities
  • Implications of Self-Reflection
  • Chapter 6. The Long Journey Toward Self-Acceptance: Living As A Queer Transgender Music Therapist
  • Growing Up
  • Values and Beliefs
  • Stereotypes and Microaggressions
  • Privilege
  • Fear and Internalized Transphobia
  • Theoretical Orientation
  • Clinical Work and Self-Disclosure
  • The Empowerment of Queer Youth
  • Intersectionality.
  • Supporting Diversity Within the Music Therapy Field
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 7. Caught Unaware: Honest Acknowledgments and Clinical Applications in an Ongoing Process: Kathryn Eberle Cotter
  • On the Tracks
  • My Identity Formation
  • My Foundational Values
  • Becoming Aware
  • Resisting Defensiveness and Acknowledging Bias
  • Learning and Unlearning
  • Receiving and Witnessing Truth
  • A Lifelong Endeavor
  • In Conclusion
  • Chapter 8. Comfortably "Unknowing": Maintaining Equilibrium as a Minority in a Minority Profession: Natasha Thomas
  • Paddle Like Hell
  • The Evolution of "Unknowing"
  • Engaging with the Cultural "Unknown"
  • "Unknowing" in Practice: Our Responsibility to Community
  • The Risks and Possibilities of Getting Comfortable with Unknowing
  • Chapter 9. Tabula Rasa = Tabú la Raza: My Not-So-Blank Slate: Sandra Ramos-Watt
  • In Summary
  • Chapter 10. Queering Karma and Cosmos: My Journey as an Indian American Music Therapist in the United States: Sangeeta Swamy
  • Early Beginnings4
  • Music Therapy and Identity
  • On Privilege
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 11. "The Highest Good Is Like Water" 上善 水: The Music Runs Through It: Joyu Lee
  • Tributaries of My Stream
  • Like a Fish in Water
  • A Brook with No Stream
  • Swimming In and Out of Different Schools
  • The River Running Through It
  • Chapter 12. "El Closet es Para el Ropa...": Music Therapist, Coming "Aut": Jessica Leza
  • Chapter 13. What Could I Do Better?: Failing Again and Again: Maevon Gumble
  • Who Am I?
  • Entering the Field of Music Therapy
  • Questions for Ongoing Interrogation of Ethical Practice
  • Questioning My Professional Work
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 14. "On the Outside, Always Looking In": A Queer Black Man's Search for Acceptance: Freddy Perkins
  • Apparent Incongruities
  • Learning My Value and My Values
  • My College Years
  • Constant Code-Switching.
  • Signature Themes
  • Integrating the Apparent Incongruities
  • Just Being Me Is Enough
  • Chapter 15. Always Evolving: Finding Fluidity in Fixed Narratives: Kristen McSorley
  • Queering My Sense of Identity
  • Considerations for Music Therapy
  • Impacts of My Sociocultural Situatedness
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 16. Unfinished Story: Ming Yuan Low
  • Entering the Courageous Conversation
  • The Perpetual Minority
  • What's in a Name?
  • Chinese Malaysian in the United States
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 17. Themes and Variations: Annette Whitehead-Pleaux
  • Chapter 18. Intersections and Intersectionality: Under Construction: Douglas R. Keith
  • Afterword: Reflections and Strategies: Susan Hadley
  • Strategies for Cultivating Sociocultural Reflexivity
  • Final Reflections
  • Footnotes.

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