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Katrina Skewes McFerran

Professor In Music Therapy
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Healthy and Unhealthy Uses of Music
Young People
in Schools using Music
making appropriate music opportunities available to all young people
science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
rehabilitation
music therapy
social sciences
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Katrina Skewes McFerran

 
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Fine Arts and Music
 
Primary Interest
Music and Health
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Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects by Katrina Skewes McFerran.

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A qualitative exploration of perceptions and experiences of a resource-oriented music therapy assessment for adolescents experiencing complex and chronic mental health issues.

2019 - 2022
Active
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Building resilient school communities through tailored arts programs.

This project aims to provide school leaders and policymakers with new tools and information to guide the allocation of scarce resources to a..

2015 - 2019
Completed
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Building resilient school communities through tailored arts programs.

This project aims to provide school leaders and policymakers with new tools and information to guide the allocation of scarce resources to a..

2015 - 2019
Completed
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Industry Postdoctoral Research Fellowship – Music Therapy (MCM) and Orygen Youth Mental Health

2015 - 2018
Completed
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MUSICAL INVESTMENT: ASSESSING AND ENABLING MUSICAL PARTICIPATION FOR WELL BEING IMPACT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN

This project tests a growing belief that by investing in opportunity for musical participation we may develop the capacity to improve indivi..

2014 - 2018
Completed
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Music Therapy and Mental Health: Changing Times (Dyason Fellowship Application)

2012 - 2014
Completed
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MUSIC MATTERS: EXPLORING WAYS OF BUILDING SUSTAINABLE MUSICAL CULTURES THAT PROMOTE WELLBEING AND CONNECTEDNESS IN SCHOOLS

2012 - 2014
Completed
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AN INVESTIGATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S USES OF MUSIC IN RELATION TO THEIR WELL-BEING DURING A MENTAL HEALTH ADMISSION

2011 - 2014
Completed
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"Music as bridge between strengths and difficulties: Preventing mental ill-health through early identification and early intervention in adolescence"

The World Health Organisation and the Australian Government both predict an alarming rise in chronic mental health problems. In this study, ..

2011 - 2015
Completed
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Ian Potter Travel Grant

2010 - 2011
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

7

Research Grant

5

Research Contracts

3

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Katrina Skewes McFerran.

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Adolescents and Music Therapy: Contextualized Recommendations for Research and Practice

Katrina Skewes McFerran

Journal article  |  2020  |  Music Therapy Perspectives

Abstract Music therapists have been working with, writing about, and researching their work with adolescents for ma..

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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..

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Music Use for Mood Regulation: Self-Awareness and Conscious Listening Choices in Young People With Tendencies to Depression

Joanna Stewart, Sandra Garrido, Cherry Hense, Katrina McFerran

Journal article  |  2019  |  Frontiers in Psychology

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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

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"Music is everything": Using collaborative group songwriting as an arts-based method with children experiencing homelessness and family violence

Rebecca Fairchild, Katrina Skewes McFerran

Journal article  |  2019  |  Nordic Journal of Music Therapy

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Improvising Using Beat Making Technologies in Music Therapy with Young People

Alexander Hew Dale Crooke, Katrina Skewes Mcferran

Journal article  |  2019  |  Music Therapy Perspectives

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Reducing Anxiety through Music Therapy at an Outpatient Eating Disorder Recovery Service

Jennifer Bibb, David Castle, Katrina Skewes McFerran

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Creativity in Mental Health

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Understanding Children's Resources in the Context of Family Violence through a Collaborative Songwriting Method

Rebecca Fairchild, Katrina Skewes McFerran

Journal article  |  2018  |  Children Australia

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Intentional music use to reduce psychological distress in adolescents accessing primary mental health care

Katrina Skewes McFerran, Cherry Hense, Asami Koike, Debra Rickwood

Journal article  |  2018  |  Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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Using the Healthy-Unhealthy Uses of Music Scale as a Single-Session Music Therapy Intervention on an Acute Youth Mental Health Inpatient Unit

Cherry Hense, Michael J Silverman, Katrina Skewes Mcferran

Journal article  |  2018  |  Music Therapy Perspectives

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Performing Arts and Creative Writing
Arts and Leisure
Health and Support Services
Performing Arts
Community Service (excl. Work)
Expanding Knowledge
Psychology
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Public Health and Health Services
Learner and Learning

News

Displaying the 6 most recent news articles by Katrina Skewes McFerran.

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Let’s rework our approach with ‘angry young people’

Katrina Skewes McFerran

July 26, 2016
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Understanding the NDIS: how does the scheme view music therapy?

Katrina Skewes McFerran

July 13, 2016
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Questions to ask your teenager about music and mental health

Katrina Skewes McFerran

February 16, 2016
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No pain, no gain? The abuse of power in Whiplash is unacceptable

Katrina Skewes McFerran

November 13, 2014
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Class matters when it comes to music education

Katrina Skewes McFerran

February 27, 2014
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Striking a chord: what can music really do for students?

Katrina Skewes McFerran

May 25, 2013

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2012

Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
2010

G.E.M. Scott Teaching Award
1998

University of Melbourne

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Professor In Music Therapy

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

Registered Music Therapist

Australian Music Therapy Association

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Music with Honours

University of Melbourne

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