Thought about Music Therapy: Improvisation from an epistemological and paradigmatic point of view
 

Author:

Jaakko Erkkilä

Abstract:

This presentation deals with the issues of clinical improvisation both from a theoretical and empirical point of view. Special attention will be paid to the challenges of improvisation analysis. Finally, the possibilities of a cognitive approach in music therapy – especially in improvisation research – will be considered.
 

Biographical details:
Prof dr. Jaakko Erkkilä teaches music therapy at the department of music at the University of Jyväskylä (UJy). He has a qualification as psychotherapist and he is trained as a music therapist from Sibelius Academy (Helsinki, Finland) and UJy. He gained a doctorate in music therapy in 1997 from the UJy.