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Tuning in: The Music Therapist’s Journey

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Hanser charts the process of becoming a music therapist, and the personal journey that the music therapist must take in order to be effective. As a guide for one who is suffering, the wise music therapist arrives equipped with the presence of body, mind, and soul to accompany a person through this voyage. Hanser includes activities that prepare the music therapist physically, emotionally, mentally, existentially, spiritually, and musically for the journey with another. Key questions ask the music therapist to search within, and far and wide, in order to be fully present.

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  1. Music Therapy, Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Suzanne B. Hanser

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Hanser, S.B. (2016). Tuning in: The Music Therapist’s Journey. In: Integrative Health through Music Therapy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-38477-5_6

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