publications prior to 2002

Michele Forinash, DA, MT-BC, LMHC

Forinash, M. (Ed.) (2001). Music Therapy Supervision. Gilsum, NH: Barcelona Publications.

Forinash, M. (2000). "On Listening to Edward." Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 9(1), 83-89.

Forinash, M. (2000). "I have to wait for the moment that I'm doing the music to figure out what the meaning is." Interview of M.Forinash by Brynjulf, (ed.) Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 9(1), 74-82.

Forinash, M. and McKnight, S. (1999). "Rose." In J. Hibben (ed.) Clinical Music Therapy. Gilsum, NH: Barcelona Publications.

Forinash, M., and Lee, C. (eds.) (1998). Journal of Music Therapy. Special Issue on Qualitative Research.

Forinash, M. (1995). Phenomenological research. In B.Wheeler (ed.) Music Therapy Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives. Gilsum, NH: Barcelona Publications.

Forinash, M. (1993) An exploration into qualitative research in music therapy. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 20, 69-73

Abstract: Discusses the concept of qualitative research (QR) and the arguments for using such research in the field of music therapy. Five main characteristics of QR are that research is conducted in a natural setting, not a laboratory; that research is essentially descriptive in nature, discussed in words rather than numbers; that researchers are focused on process rather than product; that data are treated inductively; and that meaning rather than truth is of the utmost importance. Specific research topics and possible research methods that can be applied are presented. How QR furthers the understanding of often complex and enigmatic aspects of music therapy practice that cannot be adequately addressed by quantitative research is also demonstrated. (c) (1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved)

Robbins, C., and Forinash, M. (1991). A concept of time as a multilevel phenomenon in music therapy. Music Therapy, 10(1), 46-57.

Forinash, M. (1992) A phenomenological analysis of Nordoff-Robbins approach to music therapy: The lived experience of clinical improvisation. Music Therapy, 11(1) 120-141

Abstract: Eight clinicians and 2 directors at the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Clinic at New York University in 1991 were interviewed about their lived experience of clinical improvisation. Data generated by the interviews were subjected to phenomenological analysis. Results are discussed in terms of natural ability, musical biography, vulnerability, pressure, spontaneity and creativity, interplay of intuition and rationality, and a sense of self. Interviewees were presented with the results and discussion, and their responses are incorporated in the conclusion. (c) (1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved)

Forinash, M. (1990). A phenomenology of music therapy with the terminally ill. (Doctoral dissertation, New York University) Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International. order 91-02617.

Forinash, M. (1989). Research in music therapy with terminally ill: A phenomenological approach. In J. Martin (ed.) The Next Step Forward: Music Therapy with the Terminally Ill. Bronx, NY: Calvary Hospital.

>Forinash, M. and Gonzalez, D. (1989) A phenomenological perspective on music therapy. Music Therapy, 8(1), 35-46

Abstract: Presents a qualitative research method that is directly applicable to music therapy (MT) clinical experiences. A 7-step process is proposed that begins with gathering the psychosocial history of the client and family. Next, the actual MT session is described, and the musical elements comprising the session are analyzed. Steps 4 and 5 involve describing the qualities of the sound produced in the session and the referential meaning of the session. The final steps concern becoming aware of the perspective and meaning that clients bring from their work and setting them into musical expression, as well as reviewing the data collected in the previous steps. This phenomenological approach to MT is applied to a case example of MT with a terminally ill 42-yr-old woman. (c) (1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved)