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Creating an Apprenticeship Music Therapy Model Through Arts-Based Research

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Creating an Apprenticeship Music Therapy Model Through Arts-Based Research

Vaillancourt, Guylaine (2011) Creating an Apprenticeship Music Therapy Model Through Arts-Based Research. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 11 (1).

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Abstract

Newly graduated music therapists often feel isolated within their practices. They leave the university’s structured educational environment to be on their own. Some of them miss the time they were improvising together, supporting each other, and sharing their struggles and successes through classes and group supervision. This paper addresses some of these issues by proposing an apprenticeship model using arts-based research to support new music therapists entering the profession. This study reinforces the importance of mentoring apprentice music therapists to assure that the next generation will feel confident and well-prepared to enter into and develop the field. A group of five music therapy interns and I participated in a co-researcher group using phenomenological arts-based research (ABR) and participatory action research (PAR) in order to explore principles and foundations for a future apprenticeship model. The findings show that an immediate need of apprentice music therapists in their direct experiences and lifeworlds is to identify support for their work through meaningful, trusting relationships among peers and with mentors.

Divisions:Concordia University > Faculty of Fine Arts > Creative Arts Therapies
Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Authors:Vaillancourt, Guylaine
Journal or Publication:Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy
Date:2011
ID Code:975025
Deposited By: ANDREA MURRAY
Deposited On:18 Dec 2012 17:27
Last Modified:18 Jan 2018 17:39
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