Therapeutic Voicework: Principles and Practice for the Use of Singing as a Therapy / Edition 1

by Paul Newham

Overview

Based on Paul Newham's experience as a voice and movement therapist and on his work running the only professional training course in the psychotherapeutic use of singing currently accredited by the RSA, this book explores both the theory and practice behind the use of voice and singing in expressive arts therapy.

Each chapter of the book takes a specific area within which the therapeutic use of voice and singing has been explored and offers a comprehensive history of its development, covering subjects which include infant development, psychoanalysis, analytical psychology, the arts therapies, avant garde theatre and spiritual healing.

From this extensive appraisal, the author draws together strands from various disciplines and creates from them a coherent system of Therapeutic Voicework. The presentation of this methodology is woven into each chapter through the description of exercises and case studies. This book will make informative and valuable reading for all those interested in the use of Voicework as a distinct therapeutic process or in combination with drama, movement and music.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853023613
Publisher:	Kingsley, Jessica Publishers
Publication date:	11/01/1997
Series:	Art Therapies Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	592
Product dimensions:	6.22(w) x 9.13(h) x 1.18(d)

About the Author

Paul Newham is a voice and movement therapist and trainer. He is also founding director of the International Association for Voice Movement Therapy and director of the professional training in Voice Movement Therapy in the UK and the USA. He was formerly a drama school lecturer and theatre director.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. Foreword. Preface. Introduction: On Voice and Voicework. 1. Vocal Function and Structure: Physiological Basis for a Systematic Methodology of Therapeutic Voicework. 2. Sound and Psyche: An Applied System of Interpretation for Vocal Sound. 3. The Infant Voice: A Developmental Approach to Therapeutic Voicework. 4. The Primitive Voice: An Instinctual Approach to Therapeutic Voicework. 5. The Talking Cure: Therapeutic Voicework and Psychoanalysis. 6. The Singing Cure: Song as Psychotherapy. 7. The Healing Voice: Therapeutic Voicework in Ancient and Contemporary Healing Practices. 8. Voice, Image and Archetype: Therapeutic Voicework and Analytical Psychology. 9. The Dramatic Voice: Therapeutic Voicework and Experimental Theatre. 10. Voice, Art and Psyche: Therapeutic Voicework and the Arts Therapies. 11. Voice, Breath and Body: A Physical Approach to Therapeutic Voicework. 12. Imagination and Intervention: Towards an Integrated Psychophysical Methodology of Therapeutic Voicework. Appendix I: Ethics and Guidelines. Appendix II: The Newham-Jungr Voice Movement Therapy Notation. Appendix III: Further Information. Bibliography. Subject Index. Name Index.

Editorial Reviews

I would highly recommend it to all music therapists and students who want to enter the mysterious world of the voice. This book certainly gives the reader every chance to have a deeper insight into this mystery.

British Journal of Music Therapy

The work of Paul Newham, author of this demanding text, will be of value to a wide range of teachers intending to broaden their own knowledge and professional experience... The contents are varied, commencing with highly technical information about vocal acoustics and such factual information is used to suggest the rest of the work whether dealing with clinical or artistic matters. The text is demanding but extremely readable. The biographical experience which forms the framework of the book gives the clinical content a human interest. Teachers who have worked with students who have vocal, artistic or personality problems will find this book a valuable work of reference which will repay several readings.

Speech and Drama

Based on his experience as a voice and movement therapist (in the US and UK) and running an accredited professional training course in the psychotherapeutic use of singing, and inspired by the story of a man who cured himself of mental illness by singing his aural hallucinations, Newham provides physiological, developmental, historical, and theoretical context for his integrated methodology of transformative voicework. Appendices offer further information on the Newham-Jungr Voice Movement Therapy Notation System, ethical guidelines, and contact details. Distributed in the US by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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