A constructivist research paradigm informed an investigation of the relevance of music therapy (MT) in a cancer hospital, that is, (a) what did MT do(?) and (b) did it help? Over three months, criterion sampling was used to elicit interpretations from five sources: 128 patients who participated in MT, 27 patients who overheard or witnessed MT, 41 visitors, 62 staff, and the researcher who was also the MT clinician in this study. The researcher’s interpretations were recorded in a reflexive clinical journal and the respondents’ interpretations were written on anonymous open-ended questionnaires. The MT program was predominantly characterised by the use of patient and visitor selected live music. Thematic analysis, informed by grounded theory (Strauss & Corbin, 1990), and content analyses were performed on the five groups of data with the support of ATLAS/ti (Muhr, 1997) software. Many patients and visitors who experienced MT reported that MT elicited a range of affective responses and altered imaginings. Responses were especially characterised by memories being revisited but also characterised by the respondents’ “transportation” to new spaces or thoughts and physical sensations. Some staff and patients who overheard MT also reported similar experiences. The researcher, and often staff and visitors, also perceived that MT elicited affective and imagined sensations in patients.

A phenomenological study was undertaken to investigate pivotal moments in Guided Imagery and music (GIM) Therapy, from three perspectives: the client’s experience, the therapist’s experience and the music which underpinned the moment. The questions posed were: how do clients experience moments in GIM therapy which are pivotal – are there features of these experiences which are similar to all participants? How do the GIM therapists perceive these moments identified by their clients as pivotal – are there features which are similar to the GIM therapists? What are the features of the music which underpin the pivotal moments – are there similarities in structure and/or elements? (For complete abstract open document)

Thesis (M.M.) -- Florida State University, 2004. / Advisor: Jayne M. Standley, Florida State University, School of Music. Title and description from thesis home page (viewed 9-27-04). Document formatted into pages; contains 46 pages. Includes biographical sketch. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.M.) -- Florida State University, 2004. / Advisor: Jayne M. Standley, Florida State University, School of Music. Title and description from thesis home page (viewed 9-27-04). Document formatted into pages; contains 48 pages. Includes biographical sketch. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.M.) Florida State University, 2007. / Advisor: Alice-Ann Darrow, Florida State University, College of Music. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed 4-1-2008). Document formatted into pages; contains 95 pages. Includes biographical sketch. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.M.) Florida State University, 2007. / Advisor: Jayne Standley, Florida State University, College of Music. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed 4-1-2008). Document formatted into pages; contains 49 pages. Includes biographical sketch. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne, 1999. / Vol. 2. Appendices, includes transcripts of interviews, musical examples and has 3 compact discs attached. Typescript. GIM Therapy was pioneered by Helen Bonny. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 252-265).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Technology, Sydney, 2003. / Bibliographic references: leaves 275-293.

Thesis (M.M.) Florida State University, 2007. / Advisor: Jayne Standley, Florida State University College of Music. Title and description form dissertation home page (viewed 4-6-2009). Document formatted into pages; contains 53 pages.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Temple University. / On cover: Temple university. Bibliography: p. 247-269.