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January 2012

Saint Petersburg Psychological Association - Saint Petersburg, Russia
Two Workshop Presentations
January 26, 2012 6:30 PM and January 28, 2012 5:00 PM
The Art and Science of Music Therapy (An Introductory workshop presentation)

  1. An introductory overview of the clinical / psychological and developmental field of music therapy.
  2. Music therapy in concept
  3. Dichotomies’

A) Sound and Silence
B) Active – Passive
C) Creativity – Structure
D) Open – Closed
E) Responsiveness – Resistance
F) Contact  - Isolation

  1. Keywords and concepts

Clinical contact, sensory integration, quality of life. empathy, social intelligence, sensitivity, intention, innate, intuition, flow, transition, energy, emotion, experience, awareness, engage, multi-modal, interdisciplinary, physical, speech and occupational therapy, global development, spiritual, peak experience, psycho-therapy, confidence,
Initiative, dialogue, behavioral, self injurious behaviors, (SIBs),

5) Workshop activities and illustrations

Saint Petersburg University
Department of Psychology
Auditorium - Lecture Presentation
 - January 30, 6:00
“Music Therapy in Concept”
(Music as Therapy: Clinical and Developmental Psychology)

  1. History – music and culture, religion, ritual, medicine and society.
  2. International perspectives and the development of music across a range of pathologies and population.
  3. Music Therapy – clinical approaches and methodologies.
  4. Print and web-based resources
  5. The Development of the Saint Petersburg Center for Music Therapy.
  6. Workshop activities
  7. Comments and questions and answers.
Eastern Maine Medical Center - Nurse Anesthetists Conference

January 16, 2012

"Music and Medicine:  Music Therapy and Anesthesia”

What Can One Expect From A Music Therapist? (Excerpted from AMTA Fact Sheet – “Music Therapy and Medicine”)

Music therapy utilized in a medical setting complies with the expectations and requirements inherent in the medical model of treatment. Professionally trained music therapists design and utilize individualized music experiences to assess, treat, and evaluate patients. Music therapy patient objectives are specific and relevant to medical diagnosis, course of treatment, and discharge timeline.

Benefits are described in medical, and not musical, terms. Through a planned and systematic use of music and music activities, the music therapist provides opportunities for:

Anxiety and stress reduction
Nonpharmacological management of pain and discomfort
Positive changes in mood and emotional states
Active and positive patient participation in treatment Decreased length of stay

In addition, music therapy may allow for:

Emotional intimacy with families and caregivers
Relaxation for the entire family
Meaningful time spent together in a positive, creative way

EMMC Outline

  1.  Music Therapy – What it is – What it isn’t 
  2. An introductory overview of the clinical, developmental and rehabilitative field of music therapy in medical settings.
  3. Video Documentary – Music Therapy and Medicine with a reference to music therapy and anesthesia.
  4. Overview of evidence based literature

Music Decreases Sedative Requirements During Spinal Anesthesia:http://www.anesthesia-analgesia.org/content/93/4/912.short

Music therapy for patients undergoing regional anesthesia.

The Effects of Music Therapy on Anxiety and Pain in Patients with Retrograde Ureteral Stenting under Local Anesthesia

Effect of music therapy in the postanesthesia care unit: a nursing intervention.

Effects of Music Listening on Cortisol Levels and Propofol Consumption during Spinal Anesthesia

Implementation of Music as an Anesthetic Adjunct During Monitored Anesthesia Care

Effect of the music-therapy under spinal anesthesia

Anesthesia & Analgesia : Anesthesia & Analgesia

  1. doi: 10.1213/ 01.ANE.0000111205.82346.C1 A & A May 2004 vol. 98 no. 5 1260-1266

Interactive Music Therapy as a Treatment for Preoperative Anxiety in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial: http://www.anesthesia-analgesia.org/content/98/5/1260.short

EBSCO

References
Binns-Turner, P. G., Wilson, L., Pryor, E. R., Boyd, G. L., & Prickett, C. A. (2011). Perioperative Music and Its Effects on Anxiety, Hemodynamics, and Pain in Women Undergoing Mastectomy. AANA Journal, S21-S27.
Persistent link to this record

5) Questions and Answers
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A samplling of other types of organizations that have utilized the Surry Music Center and Alan Wittenberg

Preschools

Starrett Children’s Center, Belfast, Maine
Music therapy sessions to commence March 3rd thru a grant from Waldo County Child Development Services.
Organizations
Maine Military & Community Network 1st Annual Statewide Conference
June 16, 2011 - Seminar on Healing through Expressive Arts click here for more info
Music Therapy: An Integrative and Interdisciplinary Approach for the Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders - American Academy of Pediatrics (Maine Chapter) Spring Conference at the Samoset Resort, Rockport, Maine

Music Therapy and the Elderly - University of Maine, Center on Aging - Professional Excellence in Geriatrics Seminar at the Dirigo Pines, in Orono, Maine

Medical Hospitals
Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC) Bangor, Maine
Medical Grand Rounds - Lecture / presentation “ Music Therapy, Geriatric Care and Neuro degenerative Diseases”
Cancer Care

Beth Wright Cancer A series of music therapy sessions for participants of the Center Ellsworth, Maine  to begin March 6 at 2:00 P.M.
Nursing Home/Rehabilitation Centers

Courtland Rehabilitation Center, Ellsworth, Maine - Group Music Therapy Session 2:00 P.M.

Psychiatric Facilities

Acadia Hospital Grand Psychiatric Rounds – Lecture / presentation March 7th 9:00 – 10:30 A.M.

International Work
France

1) In the 1990s Alan presented a music therapy seminar at the invitation of Edith Lecourt, General Secretary of the French Music Therapy Association at the University René Descartes - Paris V Sorbonne, Paris France.

2) On a later trip to Paris Alan wrote the proposal for and implemented a music therapy program that took place on the outskirts of Paris at an Institute for multiply disabled visually and hearing impaired children and youth. The institute in Cheveruse was part of a larger agency "Universitare Entradie" which provided clinical, developmental and rehabilitative services to many Children and adults with disabilities at many locations throughout France.

The program was a true international exchange which incorporated three Russian specialists in music therapy from the Center Alan founded in Saint Petersburg to work together with Alan in France for two weeks with disabled French Children. The program was funded by Universitare Entradie and was the first of its kind in France to incorporate music therapists from the US, and Russia to work with French children with disabilities.

3) In the late 1990s Alan coordinated an International conference in Saint Petersburg, Russia at the Central National Library titled Music Communication and Contact that included presentations by Edith Lecourt as well as two of her colleagues from Paris University.

4) In 2002 Alan co-coordinated a music therapy conference in Kyoto, Japan at the Kyoto International Center for Music Therapy and arranged for Edith Lecourt to be invited to give a presentation on the development of music therapy in France as well as her own concept(s) of music therapy as a clinical and rehabilitative field.
Japan

Alan gave music therapy lectures, seminars and workshops throughout Japan from October 24th - November 21st 2010. His schedule included:

  • October 24 - Keynote presentation - Kyoto International Center for Music Therapy Kyoto, Japan
    Presentation "Music, Creativity and Communication and the development of music therapy in the State of Maine, USA".
  • October 28 - Ogaki Women's University Gifu, Japan.
    Presentation - The Development of Music Therapy in Russia.
  • October 29th - Nagoya University or Art - Video case study presentation - Music Therapy and Children with Special Needs
  • October 31st - Fuji Music Therapy Research Association Fuji City, Japan
    Presentation - Clinical demonstration sessions and analysis with five disabled children.
  • November 8th - Osaka, Japan - Supervision - Sugihara music therapy group
  • November 12 - Kawasaki University Department of Music therapy Okayama, Japan
    Presentation - Music Therapy and psychotherapy.
  • November 14th - Tenri, Japan Hibiki no Sato geriatric care center - Music Therapy and the Elderly
  • November 18 and 19 - Featured speaker - Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan
    Presentation - Music Therapy for the Elderly With and Without Dementia.
  • November 20th - Daikyo University - Hemeji Japan - Introductory music therapy seminar with video case study illustrations.
  • November 21 - Nara University Hospital Nara, Japan
    Presentation - Music Therapy and Children's Palliative Care.
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