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Counseling & Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, & Reference Works Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works is a searchable collection containing real transcripts of therapy and counseling sessions and first-person narratives illuminating the experience of mental illness and its treatment, as well as reference works to contextualize the primary material. New material is added on a biweekly basis.
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Psychology & Counseling in Video Psychology & Counseling presents an extensive array of content -- both video and text-based -- that includes therapy sessions, documentaries, interviews, keynote presentations, transcripts, client narratives and psychological experiments.
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Psychotherapy.net Full Collection & Social Work Collection Psychotherapy.net produces and publishes training videos in the fields of psychotherapy, counseling, and addiction treatment. The library makes available the Full Collection and the Social Work Collection.
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PsycInfo 1887-present PsycInfo contains more than 4 million bibliographic records for journals, book chapters, dissertations, and technical reports. Coverage spans from the 17th century to the present, with publications from more than 50 countries.
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PTSDPubs Formerly the Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress (PILOTS) database, PTSDPubs is an extensive resource on PTSD including articles, journals, and information about tests and measurements. Although produced by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, PTSDPubs is not limited to PTSD among veterans.
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Academic Search Premier Academic Search Premier is a scholarly, full text database designed for academic institutions. It includes full text for over 4,600 publications including 2,800 peer reviewed journals for many academic disciplines.
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Credo Reference This Collection includes over 1,000 titles with particular emphasis on subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are over 1,000 short reference videos, nearly 300,000 high-resolution art images, and thousands of additional images across all subject areas.
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Kanopy Streaming Media Kanopy is a multidisciplinary collection offering a wide range of films, covering psychology, education, human services, and the arts.
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Taylor and Francis Journals Taylor & Francis is a provider of specialist information to the global academic & scientific, professional and commercial communities via publishing, events and performance improvement.
Featured eBooks
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The handbook of music therapy
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781315713403Publication Date: 2024"The Handbook of Music Therapy takes the reader on a journey through the historical and contemporary landscape of the field of music therapy, updated with the latest practical, sociocultural and theoretical perspectives and developments in music therapy. The second edition is divided into four parts: Foundation and Context, Music Therapy Practice, Learning and Teaching, and Professional Life. This includes the trajectory of music therapy as a health, social, and community-based discipline in the 21st century with an evolving evidence base, that also acknowledges the growing edges in the field such as perspectives around equity, inclusion and diversity. -
Music Therapy and Music-Based Interventions in Neurology Perspectives on Research and Practice
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9783031470929Publication Date: 2023This book synthesizes knowledge about the myriad ways music can support the physical and psychosocial needs of people living with neurological diagnoses. It may be a useful tool for those working or training as music therapists, as well as clinicians and patients interested in the use of music and rhythm to address individualized healthcare goals. The editors of this book advocate for a collaborative, holistic approach to the implementation of music-based interventions, acknowledging that different (and at times, conflicting) approaches do exist – and that different patients may require exploration of different approaches to have their needs and desires met in ways most meaningful to them. -
Portraits of everyday practice in music therapy
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781003123798Publication Date: 2023"Portraits of Everyday Practice in Music Therapy is an edited volume of case studies providing music therapy students and new professionals critical reflections on everyday clinical practice across a variety of treatment settings, theories, approaches, and cultural contexts. These case studies articulate the important foundational work occurring around clinical breakthroughs to illustrate less of what music therapy could be given extraordinary circumstances and more of what music therapy frequently is given realistic circumstances. -
Songs of Discovery for Music Therapy
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781839977534Publication Date: 2023This rich collection of 32 original songs assists you in supporting the development of positive educational and therapeutic outcomes. -
Compositional Methods of Music Therapy
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781945411731Publication Date: 2022Selecting and designing appropriate and effective music therapy experiences involves a critical thought process that considers multiple aspects of the client and their personal, interpersonal, and therapeutic contexts, as well as the nature of the four music therapy methods. -
Music Therapy in a Multicultural Context
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781784508074Publication Date: 2020Music therapy professionals work with diverse population groups, and this book provides therapists, and those in training, with the tools to integrate understanding of different cultural and social identities into their practice. Topics addressed include heritage, age, location, identity and health beliefs, and how to understand the dynamics of the variety of different cultures which music therapists will encounter in the course of their practice.
Streaming Video Databases
Looking for streaming videos?
Try the Academic Video Online (AVON) database. Academic Video Online (AVON), also referred to as Alexander Street Video, is a multidisciplinary database offering access to tens of thousands of full-length streaming video titles including documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and more. Videos are transcribed in addition to being indexed for subjects, people, places, release date, language, publisher, and video type.
Also try the Psychotherapy.net database. Psychotherapy.net produces and publishes training videos in the fields of psychotherapy, counseling, and addiction treatment. The library makes available the Full Collection and the Social Work Collection.
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The Emergence of a Polyvagal-Informed Therapy: How Vocal Music and Voice Contribute to Healing Following Trauma This presentation will focus on how Polyvagal Theory provides a plausible model to explain how and why intonation of voice and vocal music can support mental and physical health and enhance function during compromised states associated with illness, chronic stress, and trauma. The workshop will elaborate on the principles incorporated in the Safe and Sound Protocol™ and the lessons learned through preliminary clinical trials, current research, and feedback from clinicians applying the protocol to various clinical disorders including individuals with severe trauma histories.
Selected Journals
- Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy (open-access) - Full-text available from 2009-Present.
- Australian Journal of Music Therapy - Full-text available from 1990-Present.
- British Journal of Music Therapy - Not available online. Print copies available at Sherrill Library from 1987-2017. Call number: Periodical ML5.B68
- Canadian Journal of Music Therapy - Full-text available 2004-Present. Print copies available at Sherrill Library from 2003-2022. Call number: Periodical ML3920.C36
- Journal of British Music Therapy - Not available online. Print copies available at Sherrill Library from 1981-2017 (with gaps). Call number: Periodical ML3919.J68
- Journal of Music Therapy - Full-text available from 2002-Present. Print copies available at Sherrill Library from 1976-2020. Call number: Periodical ML3920 .J68
- Music Education Research - Full-text available from 1999-Present (One year delay).
- Music Educators Journal - Back Issues available from JSTOR. Current Issues available from Sage. Print copies available at Sherrill Library from 1976-Present. Call number: Periodical ML1 .M84
- Music Therapy Perspectives - Full-text available from 1982-Present (with gaps). Print copies available at Sherrill Library from 1989-2020. Call number: Periodical ML3920 .M8995
- Music Therapy Today (ejournal) - Full-text available from 2000-2020.
- New Zealand Journal of Music Therapy - Full-text available from 2010-Present.
- Nordic Journal of Music Therapy - Full-text available 1997-Present. Print copies available at Sherrill Library from 2003-2020. Call number: Periodical ML3920 .N67
- Psychology of Music - Full-text available from 1999-Present. Print copies available at Sherrill Library from 2003-2010. Call number: Periodical ML5 .P82
- Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy - Full-text available from 2002-Present.
Teaching Resource Collection Items
Kids Musical Instruments
Toddler musical instruments - Including 33pcs 18 types shaking, tapping, beating and blowing instruments. Ages 0-3. Comes with clear compact backpack. Click on image to be taken to the library's catalog.
Rhythm Band Set
The kit provides an introduction to all the rhythm instruments. (Lesley has 2 sets (contents vary). 1 tone block with striker, 3 pairs of rhythm sticks, 1 pair cymbals, 1 triangle with striker and holder, 1 jingle tap, 1 wrist bells, 1 tambourine ; in box 34 x 28 x 23 cm) Click on the image to be taken to the library's catalog.
Egg Shakers
Kids love these colorful shakers that are easy to hold and play. Very responsive, they make a delicate sound and come in cheerful, vivid colors. Made of durable plastic. Each about 2 inches long. Click on the image to be taken to the library's catalog.
Melodee Bells
Bells constitute an octave from F to F. Includes 2 songbooks. (8 bells : plastic & metal, color ; in box, 8 x 58 x 11 cm + 2 booklets.) Click on the image to be taken to the library's catalog.
