23.7. 1993 Vitoria-Gasteiz / Spain - World Federation of Music Therapy

professional identity music therapists have or would like
to have. Ways of creating different types of professional
images will be looked at and in particular how the use of
videotapes of clinical material can influence this
procedure.
A thirty eight minute music therapy training videotape of
the author's Development Centre will then be shown.
The author will explain how and why this video was
made with particular reference to two previous
unsuccessful attempts to make training videotapes.
After the viewing the author will encourage participants
to ask questions and make comments. The different
types of professional identity a video of this type will
create for the music therapist will be discussed.
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Introduction
However intense a musical experience is, once it is over
one has to rely on memory to recreate or remember the
event; Unlike a painting which provides tangible
evidence of an artistic creation, a musical performance
or improvisation can not be handled or visually
examined. For the music therapist, this ephemeral
nature of music can be an advantage as it may allow a
client to express him or herself without feeling that he or
she is committing themselves in any way. The
disadvantage is that the therapist has to rely entirely on
memory to analyse the work that has been done.
Over the past few years, music therapists have been
videotaping music therapy sessions in order to review
their work more effectively. Videorecordings have