Grace Thompson

Examining how music therapists describe providing safety for children and adolescents who have had traumatic experiences: A Critical interpretive synthesis

Hsin-I Cindy Lai, Grace Thompson, Katrina McFerran

Journal article  |  2020  |  Australian Counselling Research Journal

This paper presents the result of a critical interpretive synthesis (CIS) that examines how safety is created, explained and repre..

Functional electrical stimulation plus iPad-based music therapy for upper limb recovery after stroke: Study protocol for a mixed methods randomised controlled trial

Tanya Marie Silveira, Simone Dorsch, Grace Thompson, Jeanette Tamplin

Journal article  |  2020  |  Nordic Journal of Music Therapy

Introduction Music therapy offers an effective avenue for simultaneously addressing goals of upper limb function and wellbeing pos..

Reflecting on relational needs in the context of a global health crisis

Grace Thompson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Nordic Journal of Music Therapy

Music Therapists’ Perceptions of the Therapeutic Potentials Using Music When Working With Verbal Children on the Autism Spectrum: A Qualitative Analysis

Shulamit Epstein, Cochavit Elefant, Grace Thompson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Music Therapy

While there are numerous descriptions of the use of music and its therapeutic potential by music therapists working with nonverbal..

Gathering community perspectives to inform the design of autism-friendly music-making workshops for wellbeing

Grace Thompson, Melissa RAINE, Susan Hayward, Hannah Kilpatrick

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Wellbeing

Many autistic people report experiencing social isolation, a recognized risk factor for poor psychological wellbeing. Promoting so..

“It’s Not What’s Done, But Why It’s Done”: Music Therapists’ Understanding of Normalisation, Maximisation and the Neurodiversity Movement

Beth Pickard, Grace Thompson, Maren Metell, Efrat Roginsky, Cochavit Elefant

Journal article  |  2020  |  Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy

This position paper offers our personal reflections as five music therapists from varying social and international contexts attemp..

A grounded theory of music therapists’ approach to goal processes within their clinical practice

GA Thompson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Arts in Psychotherapy

This study explores the conditions and circumstances that influence the way experienced music therapists identify the therapeutic ..

Supporting positive parenting practices within a music therapy group program: pilot study findings.

Kate Teggelove, G Thompson, Jeanette Tamplin

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Community Psychology

The aim of this study was to evaluate the benefits of a short-term, community-based music therapy group program on positive parent..

"But I want to talk to you!" Perspectives on music therapy practice with highly verbal children on the autism spectrum

Grace Anne Thompson, Cochavit Elefant

Journal article  |  2019  |  Nordic Journal of Music Therapy

Introduction: This reflective paper offers a perspective on music therapy practice that explores how shared music experiences may ..

Parents’ musical engagement with their baby in the neonatal unit to support emerging parental identity: A grounded theory study

Elizabeth McLean, KS McFerran, GA Thompson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Neonatal Nursing