Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-175).

Part I. Group Music Therapy: Historical Perspectives -- Music therapy and the development of group work / Alison Davies -- The development of group work in music therapy in the UK / Helen Odell-Miller and Eleanor Richards -- Part 2. Group therapy: A Group Analytic Perspective -- Core Concepts in Group Analysis: what goes on in groups? (Part I) / Nick Barwick -- Core Concepts in Group Analysis: what goes on in groups? (Part 2) / Nick Barwick -- Core Concepts in Group Analysis: What does the conductor do? / Nick Barwick -- Developments in Group Analysis: The mother approach / Nick Barwick -- Developments in Group Analysis: The 'other' approach / Nick Barwick -- Part 3. Group Music Therapy: Developmental Perspectives -- Early Years: Experiences with others / Alison Davies -- Music, Attachment and the Group: Mainly theory / Eleanor Richards -- Music, Attachment and the Group: mainly practice / Eleanor Richards -- Part 4. Group Music Therapy: Clinical Perspectives -- Clinical Vignettes -- Co-therapy and working with others / Alison Davies -- Experiential Groups on music therapy trainings / Alison Davies.

In Group Music Therapy Alison Davies, Eleanor Richards and Nick Barwick bring together developments in theory and clinical practice in music therapy group work, celebrating the richness of what group analytic thinking and music therapy can offer one another. The book explores the dynamic elements of the processes that take place in both group analytic therapy and group music therapy, exploring both the commonalities and the distinctive characteristics of the two modalities. To music therapists, psychotherapists and other arts therapists Group Music Therapy offers a body of knowledge and enquiry.