Music Therapy Library

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• "Songs of Healing, Rhythms of Life." Article from Newsday, May 17, 2005. (PDF)

• Carpente, A. John (2005). Case Study: Creative Music Therapy with a Boy with Multiple Impairments: Stepping out of isolation into new experiences. Unpublished paper, Temple University. (PDF)

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• "Soothing Sounds: Music therapists help those for whom words aren't enough." Article from Metro, July 24, 2006.

• "Music to Mend the Spirit." Article from Newsday, March 31, 2003.

• Carpente, A. John (2004). A Glimpse into the Guitar in Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy, pgs. 13-19. Musicing, the newsletter of the International Association of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapists, December 2004.
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• La Barbera-Dempsey, Bonnie (2003). "Being" in the Bronx: Existential Music Therapy in the Inpatient Setting. Unpublished Master's thesis, New York University.
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• Ricciarelli, Alessandro (2003). "Guitar in Palliative Music Therapy for Cancer Patients." Music Therapy Today, April 2003.
  94 K.

• Sorel, Suzanne Nowikas (2004). Presenting Carly and Elliott: Exploring Roles and Relationships in a Mother-Son Dyad in Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy. Doctoral dissertation, New York University.
  2.37 MB.

• Thornton, Carter (2004). Letters from the Earth: The Explorations of an Avant-Garde Communal Free Improvisation Band and their Implications for the Practice of Music Therapy. Unpublished Master's thesis, New York University.
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