Group Analytic Music Therapy

This book introduces Group Analytic Music Therapy (GAMT), different levels of the group, and the different characteristics of musical images. It illustrates that music is the royal road to the unconscious just like dreams. The book includes both theoretical and clinical sections and several case studies and in-depth analyses. The first of its kind in music therapy, this book expands group music therapy theories and proposes a new approach to clinical practice.The book is divided into three parts: Part One sets the philosophical foundation of GAMT, and provides a group psychotherapeutic context that will be further explored later. Part Two presents the theory and method of GAMT and different characteristics of musical images. It discusses how dreams and images can be a unique source of clinical data. Part Three illustrates theory through a clinical case study.