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Here are some of the articles explored in the Fall 2020’ iteration of the S.A.L. Guided by Student researchers Ganavya Doraiswamy, Nivi Ravi, and Grant Jones, we studied and discussed these articles to inspire, inform, complicate, and orient the creation of Formwelas 1, 2, and 3:
Coping with Work-Related Stress through Guided Imagery and Music (GIM): Randomized Controlled Trial

[Journal of Music Therapy, 52(3), 2015, 323-352]

Bolette Daniels Beck, PhD; Åse Marie Hansen, PhD; Christian Gold, PhD




The polyvagal hypothesis: common mechanisms mediating autonomic regulation, vocalizations and listening

Stephen W. Porges & Gregory F. Lewis
Brain-Body Center, Department of Psychiatry University of Illinois at Chicago




Toward a Psychological Framework of Radical Healing in Communities of Color

[The Counseling Psychologist 1-33, 2019]

Bryana H. French, Jioni A. Lewis, Della V. Mosley, Hector Y. Adames, Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, Grace A. Chen, and Helen A. Neville




Performing Theory: Playing in the Music Therapy Discourse

[Journal of Music Therapy, 52(4), 2015, 457-486]

Carolyn Kenny, PhD, MT-BC, MTA




Music interventions for improving psychological and psychical outcomes in cancer patients (Review)

Brandt J, Dielo C, Magill L, Teague A




The impact of music therapy versus music medicine on psychological outcomes and pain in cancer patients: a mixed methods study

Joke Bradt, Noah Potvin, Amy Kesslick, Minjung Shim, Donna Radl, Emily Schriver, Edward J Gracely, Lydia T Komarnicky-Kocher




It’s…Complicated: A Theoretical Model of Music-Induced Harm

[Journal of Music Therapy, 57(3), 2020, 251-281]

Michael J Silverman, PhD, MT-BC; Lori F Gooding, PhD, MT-BC; Olivia Yinger, PhD, MT-BC




Ethical Considerations in Music Therapy Private Practice: A Review of the Literature

[Music Therapy Perspectives, 38(1), 2020, 25-33]

Kyle Wilhelm, MA, MT-BC




Active and Passive Rhythmic Music Therapy Interventions Differentially Modulate Sympathetic Autonomic Nervous System Activity

[Journal of Music Therapy, 56(3), 2019, 240-264]

Trevor McPherson, BS, BA; Dortia Berger, PhD, MT-BC; Sankaraleengam Alagapan, PhD; Flavio Frölich, PhD




Exploring the Experience and Effects of Vocal Toning

[Journal of Music Therapy, 55(2), 2018, 221-250]

Shelley Snow, PhD, MTA; Nicoló Francesco Bernardi, PhD; Nilufar Sabet-Kassouf, MA; Danial Moran, MA; Alexandre Lehmann, PhD




Vibroacoustic Therapy: The Therapeutic Effect of Low Frequency Sound on Specific Physical Disorder and Disabilities

Olav Skille, Tony Wigram, Lyn Weekes




The Effects of Long-Term 40-Hz Physioacoustic Vibrations on Motor Impairments in Parkinson’s Disease: A Double-Blinded Randomized Control Trial

Abdullah Mosabbir, Quincy J. Almeida and Heidi Ahonen




Developing Faith in the Transition to Adulthood: An Analysis of Songs Written by Adolescents who have had Adverse Childhood Experiences

Michael Viega




Improvising Using Beat Making Technologies in Music Therapy with Young People

[Music Therapy Perspectives, 37(1), 2019, 55-64]

Alexander Hew Dale Crooke, PHD; Katrina Skewes Mcferran, PHD, RMT





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