Based on Paul Newham's experience as a voice therapist and on his work running a professional training course in the psychotherapeutic use of singing, this text explores both the theory and practice behind the use of voice and singing in expressive arts therapy. Part one focuses upon the theoretical background, covering such topics as: vocal groupwork; the voice and dramatherapy; and a discussion of the need for vocal arts therapy. Part two discusses the practicalities of using voice therapy with chapters covering the use of vocal therapy with people with neurological damage and those with cerebral palsy.
Acknowledgements. Foreword. Preface. Introduction: On Voice and Voicework. 1. Vocal Function and Structure: Physiological Basis for a Systematic Methodology of Therapeutic Voicework. 2. Sound and Psyche: An Applied System of Interpretation for Vocal Sound. 3. The Infant Voice: A Developmental Approach to Therapeutic Voicework. 4. The Primitive Voice: An Instinctual Approach to Therapeutic Voicework. 5. The Talking Cure: Therapeutic Voicework and Psychoanalysis. 6. The Singing Cure: Song as Psychotherapy. 7. The Healing Voice: Therapeutic Voicework in Ancient and Contemporary Healing Practices. 8. Voice, Image and Archetype: Therapeutic Voicework and Analytical Psychology. 9. The Dramatic Voice: Therapeutic Voicework and Experimental Theatre. 10. Voice, Art and Psyche: Therapeutic Voicework and the Arts Therapies. 11. Voice, Breath and Body: A Physical Approach to Therapeutic Voicework. 12. Imagination and Intervention: Towards an Integrated Psychophysical Methodology of Therapeutic Voicework. Appendix I: Ethics and Guidelines. Appendix II: The Newham-Jungr Voice Movement Therapy Notation. Appendix III: Further Information. Bibliography. Subject Index. Name Index.
The work of Paul Newham, author of this demanding text, will be of value to a wide range of teachers intending to broaden their own knowledge and professional experience... The contents are varied, commencing with highly technical information about vocal acoustics and such factual information is used to suggest the rest of the work whether dealing with clinical or artistic matters. The text is demanding but extremely readable. The biographical experience which forms the framework of the book gives the clinical content a human interest. Teachers who have worked with students who have vocal, artistic or personality problems will find this book a valuable work of reference which will repay several readings.
