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Journal of Music Therapy

ISSN 0022-2917

8 papers in the library · 218 citations · publishing 1970-2026

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Participants’ Music Experiences Associated With Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy for Life-Threatening Illness: Interpretivist Research

Journal of Music Therapy 2026 Clare O’callaghan, Voula Kallianis, Margaret Ross

Limited evidence supports treatment for distress in life-threatening illness. Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (PAP) may help. Despite music's presence in PAP, sparse accounts of music-related experiences exist. Such research is needed to optimize music's presence within PAP. This qualitative analysis aimed to understand participants' music-related accounts of their PAP experiences within a...

DOI: 10.1093/jmt/thag015 (opens in new tab) Anxiety Psilocybin Thematic analysis Music therapy +11

Relationships Between Cultural Factors and Engaging in Guided Imagery and Music: An Exploratory Qualitative Study

Journal of Music Therapy September 30, 2023 Nami Yoshihara, Alberto Acebes-de-Pablo, Tim Honig 3 citations

Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) is now practiced and taught on every inhabited continent. With this international growth of GIM, both GIM therapists and clients have unique cultural backgrounds that are often different from the US American context in which the method was originally developed. According to this reality, we undertook a cross-cultural study to explore how cultural factors relate to...

Exploring Influencing Factors of Anxiety Improvement Following Mindfulness-Based Music Therapy in Young Adults with Cancer.

Journal of Music Therapy June 1, 2023 Robert Knoerl, Emanuele Mazzola, Heather Woods et al.

The purpose of this secondary analysis was to explore physiological, psychological, and situational influencing factors that may affect the impact of a mindfulness-music therapy intervention on anxiety severity in young adults receiving cancer treatment. Young adults receiving cancer treatment for ≥ eight weeks were recruited from adult and pediatric oncology outpatient centers at Dana-Farber...

Experience of Music Used With Psychedelic Therapy: A Rapid Review and Implications

Journal of Music Therapy 2020 Clare O’callaghan, Daniel John Hubik, Justin Dwyer et al. 50 citations

Abstract Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music emerged following discontinuation of psychedelic therapy research in the early 1970s, but psychedelic therapy research has since revived. Music remains a vital component. This study examined participants’ experiences of music in psychedelic therapy research. A rapid review of qualitative and quantitative journal articles in four major databases...

Exploring the Experience and Effects of Vocal Toning.

Journal of Music Therapy June 7, 2018 Shelley Snow, Nicolò Francesco Bernardi, Nilufar Sabet-Kassouf et al.

Toning is a form of vocalizing that utilizes the natural voice to express sounds ranging from cries, grunts, and groans to open vowel sounds and humming on the full exhalation of the breath. Music therapists are increasingly utilizing toning in their clinical practice for a variety of therapeutic aims. Yet the effects of toning are not widely understood, with limited research to date. To gather...

The Use of Music in Psychedelic (LSD) Psychotherapy

Journal of Music Therapy June 1, 1972 H. L. Bonny, W. N. Pahnke 125 citations

Journal Article The Use of Music in Psychedelic (LSD) Psychotherapy Get access Helen L. Bonny, Helen L. Bonny Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Walter N. Pahnke Walter N. Pahnke Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Music Therapy, Volume 9, Issue 2, Summer 1972, Pages 64–87,...

DOI: 10.1093/jmt/9.2.64 (opens in new tab) Music therapy Psychotherapist Psychoanalysis

The Function of Music in LSD Therapy for Alcoholic Patients

Journal of Music Therapy March 1, 1970 E. Thayer Gaston, Cassandra T. Eagle 26 citations

Journal Article The Function of Music in LSD Therapy for Alcoholic Patients Get access E. Thayer Gaston, E. Thayer Gaston Project Director Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Charles T. Eagle, Jr. Charles T. Eagle, Jr. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Music Therapy, Volume 7, Issue 1, Spring...

DOI: 10.1093/jmt/7.1.3 (opens in new tab) Eagle Music therapy Function biology Psychoanalysis +1