1. Doing music therapy: an exploration
2. Increasing levels of involvement
3. Essential aspects of becoming a music therapist: education, clinical training, and related areas
4. The process of planning for music therapy
5. Client assessment
6. Goals and objectives
7. Planning and implementing music therapy strategies
8. Improvising experiences
9. Re-creative experiences
10. Compositional experiences
11. Receptive experiences
12. Further considerations in planning
13. Facilitating client responses
14. The role of music
15. Working with groups
16. Working with individuals
17. Documentation strategies
18. Self-assessment for the music therapist.