The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of its Parts: Experiences of Co-Working as Music Therapists

Abstract

This paper describes the experiences of two music therapists who have been working together for ten years and the benefits of this partnership. It shows how working practices and therapeutic processes have evolved over a decade. It demonstrates that working as a team over this length of time resulted in significant improvements to the therapy given to children with special needs aged between 2 and 18 and also to the support offered to their parents.

The various topics covered include the development of a co-therapy assessment procedure, group psychodynamic music therapy for children with special needs, sessions for children and their parents, the significance of counter-transference and the importance of supervision.

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