Mary Priestley
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Mary Priestley, a music therapist from Britain, is credited for development of Analytic Music Therapy, a synthesis of psychoanalytic theory
and music therapy
. Drawing on the theories of Carl Jung
, Sigmund Freud, and Melanie Klein
, analytic music therapy involves the use of musical improvisation to interpret unconscious processes.
Priestley has written several books including Music Therapy in Action, published in 1986.
Psychoanalytic theory
Psychoanalytic theory refers to the definition and dynamics of personality development which underlie and guide psychoanalytic and psychodynamic psychotherapy. First laid out by Sigmund Freud, psychoanalytic theory has undergone many refinements since his work...
and music therapy
Music therapy
Music therapy is an allied health profession and one of the expressive therapies, consisting of an interpersonal process in which a trained music therapist uses music and all of its facets—physical, emotional, mental, social, aesthetic, and spiritual—to help clients to improve or maintain their...
. Drawing on the theories of Carl Jung
Jung
Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist, an influential thinker and the founder of analytical psychology.Jung may also refer to:* Jung * JUNG, Java Universal Network/Graph Framework-See also:...
, Sigmund Freud, and Melanie Klein
Melanie Klein
Melanie Reizes Klein was an Austrian-born British psychoanalyst who devised novel therapeutic techniques for children that had an impact on child psychology and contemporary psychoanalysis...
, analytic music therapy involves the use of musical improvisation to interpret unconscious processes.
Priestley has written several books including Music Therapy in Action, published in 1986.