Creative Music Therapy in Neonatal Care: Supporting Communicative Musicality From the Very Beginning

by | Sep 15, 2014 | Music Therapy, NICU, Young Children

Friederike Haslbeck, Ph.D., DMtG, SFMT

This podcast introduces results of a qualitative study of Creative Music Therapy (CMT) in neonatal care via two case examples. It demonstrates how CMT offers the potential for premature infants to engage in communicative musicality and to empower parents by supporting the quality of interactions with their infant through music.

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About the Author:

Friederike Haslbeck is a research fellow and clinical music therapist at the Clinic of Neonatology at the University Hospital Zurich and at the University Hospital Bern, Switzerland. She is a lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland, at the IMC University of Applied Sciences in Krems, Austria, and at the “Freies Musikzentrum Munich” in Germany. Contact: friederike.halsbeck@usz.ch

Suggested Citation:

Halsbeck, F.  (Author). (2014, September 15). Creative music therapy in neonatal care: Supporting communicative musicality from the very beginning. Retrieved from www.imagine.musictherapy.biz