Music Therapy with Displaced Persons

The editors and authors in this book share experiences of displaced persons and how music and music therapy are being used to help them. I am in awe of the people, from many nationalities and situations, who are forced to confront displacement - and of the music therapists and others who use their skills and humanity to help them. This is an inspiring and necessary book as we struggle to deal with this ongoing challenge. – Barbara L. Wheeler, PhD, MT-BC, Professor Emeritus, Montclair State UniversityHow should music therapists respond to the rise of autocrats inciting fear, suffering and forced migration around the world? Reading this timely book, admirably inclusive in its content, would be a good start. – Simon Procter, Professor of Creativity and Mental Health, York St John University

Dr. Elizabeth Coombes is a researcher, clinician, and educator in the field of music therapy. Her interests include working with displaced people, developing research protocols, and bringing music therapy to the wider public and professional community. She lives in Cardiff.

Samuel Gracida is a music therapy clinician, author, and entrepreneur with a global footprint, having worked in various countries across multiple cultural contexts. He has served in the International Association for Music and Medicine and currently focuses on working with displaced populations and older adults. He lives in Heidelberg.

Emma Maclean is a music therapy practitioner and educator as well as an arts psychotherapies lead in community mental health. She is interested in co-research with persons who attend mental health services, particularly around collaboration and agreeing and reviewing meaningful outcomes. She lives in Edinburgh.