Katrina Skewes McFerran

Playing With Chaos: Broadening Possibilities for How Music Therapist's Consider Chaos in Group Work With Young People

Helen Oosthuizen, Katrina McFerran

Journal article  |  2021  |  MUSIC THERAPY PERSPECTIVES

Many music therapists have alluded to challenges in their work with groups of young people. However, chaos, incorporating experien..

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..

Adolescents and Music Therapy: Contextualized Recommendations for Research and Practice

Katrina Skewes McFerran

Journal article  |  2020  |  MUSIC THERAPY PERSPECTIVES

Music therapists have been working with, writing about, and researching their work with adolescents for many decades. This paper p..

Music, Rhythm and Trauma: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of Research Literature

Katrina Skewes McFerran, Hsin I Cindy Lai, Wei-Han Chang, Daniela Acquaro, Tan Chyuan Chin, Helen Stokes, Alexander Hew Dale Crooke

Journal article  |  2020  |  FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

Recent theorizing about the connection between the brain and trauma (Perry, 2009; Porges, 2011; van der Kolk, 2015) has led to a b..

Relational Processes of Critical Thinking

Susan Hadley, Katrina Skewes McFerran, Brynjulf Stige

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

Welcome to the March 2020 edition of Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy. Once again, we are proud of the collection of resear..

What About the Teacher? A Critical Interpretive Synthesis on Literature Describing Music Therapist/Teacher Consultation in Schools

Megan Ellen Steele, Alexander Hew Dale Crooke, Katrina Skewes McFerran

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

This article presents findings from a critical interpretive synthesis of the literature pertaining to music therapist teacher supp..

Current Practices and Considerations for International Development Music Therapy: A World Federation of Music Therapy Scoping Project

Lucy Elizabeth Bolger, Katrina Skewes McFerran

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

The World Federation of Music Therapy (WFMT) Research and Ethics Commission conducted a scoping project to gather information abou..

The Global Music Therapy Educators Network

Triona McCaffrey, Katrina McFerran, Gustavo Gattino, Sumathy Sundar

Journal article  |  2020  |  British Journal of Music Therapy

Music therapy educators around the globe are united in their commitment to the development of the profession through the education..

Mining Mental States using Music Associations

Rajat Agarwal, Ravinder Singh, Suvi Saarikallio, Katrina McFerran, Vinoo Alluri

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Workshop on Speech, Music and Mind (SMM 2019)

Passion, Action, and Reflection

Brynjulf Stige, Susan Hadley, Katrina McFerran

Journal article  |  2019  |  Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy

This issue of Voices contains an intriguing range of articles, about the humanizing potential of music therapy in end of life care..