Music Psychotherapy and Anxiety

Section 1 Theoretical Basis 1. Music Psychotherapy and The Way of Improvisation 2. The Collective Impact of Anxiety 3. The Social Architecture of Anxiety and Potential Role of Music Therapy 4. Shared Value of Mental Health, Music Therapy, and Sustainable Practices Section 2 Psychological Dimensions 5. Anxiety in Clinical Contexts 6. Attachment systems and Anxiety 7. The Broader Picture: Collective Anxiety as a Cultural Complex 8. Our Bodies and Minds in the Affective Life of Anxiety Section 3: Clinical - Cultural Dimensions of Music, Music Therapy and Anxiety 9. Music, Stress and Anxiety 10. Conceptualizing Musical Environments as an Anti-Stress, Sustainable Movement: Music, Health and Performed States 11. Music Therapy Research and Practice: Anxiety in Context 12. Critical Improvisation. A Transformative Framework in Music Psychotherapy 13. Psychodynamic Assessment and Evaluation of Anxiety 14. Music-Cantered Psychodynamic Evaluation Method 15. The Sounds of Anxiety and Their Meaning: Musical Expressions, Representations and Themes 16. The Sounds of Anxiety: Methods with Children and Adolescents 17. The Sounds of Anxiety: Methods for Working with Adults Section 4: Applied Dimensions 18. Collective Anxiety and Critical Improvisation: A Case Study with a Women's Rights Chorus 19. Critical Improvisation as Arts-Based Research Inquiry into Anxiety: Shaping Transformational Communities 20. Applied Teaching in Critical Improvisation and Anxiety: Expanding the Capacity for the Practice of Music Therapy and Anxiety