Improvisation in Music Therapy: Exploring and Embodying Ways of Being

What if improvising in music therapy is not something you 'do', but rather a way of being? Improvisation sits at the heart of the discipline yet can often be diminished to techniques and exercises rather than explored as an ethical, relational, and creative stance. Reframing this conversation, we ask what it truly means to improvise therapeutically and why that matters.

Written by two experienced educators and researchers, the book is rooted in dialogue as therapists and musicians, improvise...