Music Therapy in Adoption and Trauma

The importance of this book cannot be overstated. Joy Gravestock has produced a seminal text in an area which is now widely recognised as one of the most important in contemporary health and social care. The text will prove invaluable to those involved in all areas of the adoption process, including music therapists, social workers, agencies, counsellors and adoptees and their families. – Dr Elizabeth Coombes, Course Leader for MA Music Therapy at the University of South WalesThe book I would turn to when contemplating work with anyone affected by adoption. Accessible writing belies the complexity of knowledge and reflexive understanding integrated here. Vignettes illuminate the text like coloured glass, culminating in a profoundly moving case study. – Dr Cathy Warner, music therapist and programme leader, University of the West of England, Bristol

Joy Gravestock is Senior Lecturer at the University of the West of England, Bristol and a self-employed music therapist in private practice. Prior to her music therapy training, she was clinical lead for a Nottinghamshire NHS Trust, in adoption services, CAMHS, Nottinghamshire. She was also a member of Nottingham and Leicester Adoption Panels for many years. She currently works as a specialist music therapist in adoption practice and is working towards a PhD focussed on attunement within music therapy relationships and adoption reparation.