Forensic Music Therapy

“A beautifully orchestrated book which is a stimulating read for anyone working in forensic mental health. The book exemplifies a forensic approach in its consideration of the institutional setting, the importance of music therapy’s clinical contribution and breaks new ground in its research section. This wide ranging book brings music therapy to life from the perspective of patients, therapists, supervisors, managers and multidisciplinary team members. Its vibrant and informative clinical material really allows the reader to understand the unique contribution music therapy makes to the treatment challenges forensic patients present us with.” - Gill McGauley, Consultant Psychiatrist and Reader in Forensic Psychotherapy, Broadmoor Hospital and St George’s University of London

Stella Compton Dickinson is Research Lead in Arts Therapies at Rampton High Security Hospital, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Forensic Services and a Fellow of the Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham. She has worked as an NHS clinician, manager and researcher for over fifteen years, presenting developments internationally. She is a UKCP registered psychotherapist, accredited supervisor and registered music therapist. She has published developments in music therapy in forensic settings and successfully implemented an ethically approved controlled research study in a high secure hospital to develop the clinical evidence base for context specific forensic music therapy.

Helen Odell-Miller is Professor of Music Therapy at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge and an honorary music therapist in the Cambridge and Peterborough Foundation Trust. She has worked as a clinician, researcher and manager specialising in adult mental health. She has published and lectured internationally and led research projects looking at clinical outcomes in dementia, and arts therapies in the adult mental health field. She is a board member of the International Centre for Research in the Arts Therapies, the Professional Advisory Board for Allied Health Professions and The Music Therapy Charity.

John Adlam is Consultant Adult Forensic Psychotherapist in Reflective Practice and Team Development with S London and Maudsley Foundation NHS Trust and also Principal Adult Psychotherapist and Lead for Group Therapies with St George’s Adult Eating Disorders Service. He trained in Psychoanalytical Group Psychotherapy at the Tavistock Centre and in Forensic Psychotherapeutic Studies at the Portman Clinic. He was formerly Vice-President of the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy.