Music Therapy with Women with Addictions is designed to provide music therapy students and clinicians with an intimate glimpse into the lives of various women with addictions, illuminating the challenges they bring to music therapy, the strengths and resilience they demonstrate, the resources they build and access during the treatment process, and the transformations they undergo. In doing so, the text is intended to counteract the fear, repugnance, and other adverse emotions that often orbit around individuals with addictions, and instead communicate respect. Rooted in the clinical experiences and expertise of the authors, as well as a deep dive into extant music therapy and addictions literature, Music Therapy with Women with Addictions builds upon (and yet also diverges from) existing resources to honor and validate women’s needs and resources, recognizing that most addictions treatment programs are built upon heteronormative, sexist, and racist structures. The text begins with content to situate and provide a foundation for four additional sections: Her Story, Clinical Considerations and Themes, Therapist Reflections, and Methods and Materials. This book encourages readers to deepen self-reflection, generate questions, and explore related literature, with the ultimate aim of catalyzing evolution toward more meaningful and effective music therapy clinical practice with women with addictions. Table of Contents: Preface Chapter One: Introduction to This Book Unit 1: Situating the Text Introduction to Unit 1 Chapter Two: Gender Labeling Chapter Three: Gendered Treatment Chapter Four: Do Women-Only Groups Offer Unique Therapeutic Affordances? Chapter Five: Therapist Countertransferences, Transferences, and Resistances Chapter Six: Orientations and Influences Unit 2: Her Story Introduction to Unit 2 Chapter Seven: Alyson: I Think I May Have Saved Myself Chapter Eight: Brittany: Video Chapter Nine: Dionne: Rosebush Chapter Ten: Emily: Overdose Chapter Eleven: Monique: The Violin Chapter Twelve: Sheri: Just Hold On Chapter Thirteen: Theresa and Callie: The Dance Chapter Fourteen: Zenia: Sharing Needles Unit 3: Clinical Considerations and Themes Introduction to Unit 3 Chapter Fifteen: Auditory Hypersensitivities Chapter Sixteen: Conflict and Chaos Chapter Seventeen: Introducing Music Therapy Chapter Eighteen: Music as a Trigger for Substance Use Chapter Nineteen: Reaching Out Chapter Twenty: Self-Disclosure: The Therapist’s Relationship to Addiction Chapter Twenty-One: Silence Chapter Twenty-Two: Space for Anger Chapter Twenty-Three: Spirituality in Recovery Unit 4: Therapist Reflections Introduction to Unit 4 Chapter Twenty-Four: Applause in a Session Chapter Twenty-Five: Clothed in Self-Respect Chapter Twenty-Six: Credentials Chapter Twenty-Seven: Crying Chapter Twenty-Eight: Embracing the Whole: Wellness and Illness Chapter Twenty-Nine: Enjoyment Chapter Thirty: Group Norms Chapter Thirty-One: Healthy Sexuality and Recovery Chapter Thirty-Two: Pregnancy and Parenthood Chapter Thirty-Three: Rainbow: Gendered Expectations of Emotional Resistance Chapter Thirty-Four: The Voice Within Chapter Thirty-Five: What Is It About a Drum? Music Therapy with Women with Addictions Unit 5: Methods and Materials Introduction to Unit 5 Chapter Thirty-Six: Chant Chapter Thirty-Seven: Lean on Me Chapter Thirty-Eight: Safeguarding Song Listening Methods Chapter Thirty-Nine: Song Choice Chapter Forty: Song Communication: Dead and Gone Chapter Forty-One: Song Discussion: Catalyst and Container Chapter Forty-Two: Song Transformation: I’ll Find You Appendices Appendix A: Music as a Trigger Worksheet Appendix B: The Original 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous Appendix C: Song Transformation Structures Index | 
