First View – Book review (published on 29 August 2022)
Addressing issues of mental health in schools through the arts: Teachers and music therapists working together (Clough & Tarr)
Reviewed by Eleni Tsolka
Title: Addressing issues of mental health in schools through the arts: Teachers and music therapists working together Authors: Nick Clough & Jane Tarr Publication year: 2022 Publisher: Routledge Pages: 326 ISBN: 9780367145309
REVIEWER BIOGRAPHY
Eleni Tsolka is a qualified music therapist since 2015. She has also completed Level 3 seminars in BMGIM (Guided Imagery and Music) method and Tier 1 and 2 in NICU music therapy. She is also a primary school and special school teacher and lecturer at the MSc Music Therapy programme at Metropolitan College in Athens, Greece. As a music therapist, she has worked with children facing social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, with people on the autistic spectrum and refugees in Greece, Palestine and the UK. She is also a member of the Greek Association of Certified Professional Music Therapists (ESPEM). Her work has been presented and published in various music therapy conferences and scientific journals and she has contributed a chapter in the book Intersectionality in the Arts Psychotherapies. [tsolka45@gmail.com]