Dr Elizabeth Coombes is a researcher, clinician and educator in the field of music therapy. Her interests include working with displaced people, developing research protocols and bringing music therapy to the wider public and professional community. She lives in Cardiff. Emma Maclean is a music therapy practitioner and educator as well as an arts psychotherapies lead in community mental health. She is interested in co-research with persons who attend mental health services, particularly around collaboration and agreeing and reviewing meaningful outcomes. She lives in Edinburgh. Samuel Gracida is a music therapy clinician, author, and entrepreneur with with a global footprint, having worked in various countries across multiple cultural contexts. He has served in the International Association for Music and Medicine and currently focuses on working with displaced populations and older adults. He lives in Heidelberg.
Description
This book addresses and responds to the forced displacement crisis by exploring how music and music therapy can assist people in a range of settings around the globe. It offers a further understanding of practice and the opportunity to stimulate critical exploration of this area of work.