Overview of music therapy as a profession / Barbara L. Wheeler -- A history of music therapy / William Davis and Susan Hadley -- Aesthetic foundations of music therapy : music and emotion / James Hiller -- Music therapy and the brain / Concetta M. Tomaino -- Music therapy and cultural diversity / Seung-A Kim and Annette Whitehead-Pleaux -- Ethics in music therapy / Debbie Bates -- Music therapy assessment / Anne W. Lipe -- Music therapy research / Debra S. Burns and Anthony Meadows -- Evidence-based practice in music therapy / Felicity A. Baker -- Music therapy methods / Susan Gardstrom and Suzanne Sorel -- Psychodynamic approaches / Connie Isenberg -- Humanistic approaches / Brian Abrams -- Cognitive-behavioral approaches / Suzanne Hanser -- Developmental approaches / Cynthia A. Briggs -- Nordoff-Robbins music therapy / Nina Guerrero, David Marcus, and Alan Turry -- The Bonny method of guided imagery and music / Madelaine Ventre and Cathy H. McKinney -- Analytical music therapy / Benedikte B. Scheiby -- Neurologic music therapy / Corene P. Hurt-Thaut and Sarah B. Johnson -- Community music therapy / Brynjulf Stige -- Music therapy in expressive arts / Margareta Wärja -- Music therapy for developmental issues in early childhood / Marcia Humpal -- Music therapy for children with intellectual disabilities / Beth McLaughlin and Ruthlee Figlure Adler ; Music therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder / John A. Carpente and A. Blythe Lagasse -- Music therapy for children with speech and language disorders / Kathleen M. Howland -- Music therapy for children with sensory deficits / Greta E. Gillmeister and Paige Elwafi -- Music therapy in the schools / Katrina Skewes McFerran -- Music therapy for adults with mental illness / Gillian Stephens Langdon -- Music therapy in addictions treatment / Kathleen M. Murphy -- Music therapy for older adults / Hanne Mette Ridder and Barbara L. Wheeler -- Music therapy for women survivors of domestic violence / Elizabeth York and Sandra L. Curtis -- Music therapy for survivors of traumatic events / Ronald M. Borczon -- Music therapy for grief and loss / Robert E. Krout -- Music therapy in the neonatal intensive care unit / Helen Shoemark and Deanna Hanson-Abromeit -- Medical music therapy for children / Joanne Loewy -- Medical music therapy for adults / Carol Shultis and Lisa Gallagher -- Music therapy for adults with traumatic brain injury and other neurological disorders / Jeanette Tamplin -- Music therapy at the end of life / Clare O'Callaghan, Lucy Forrest, and Yun Wen.