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People Experiencing Homelessness Within Music Therapy Settings: A Descriptive Study, Amelia E. Ehmling
People Experiencing Homelessness Within Music Therapy Settings: A Descriptive Study, Amelia E. Ehmling
Theses and Dissertations--Music
The population of people experiencing homelessness has decreased less than 15% in the last ten years, but issues like mental illness and substance use are rising. There are many misconceptions about race, gender, location and age of people experiencing homelessness. Music therapy research about the homeless population is minimal and often focused on just one setting or treatment location. The purpose of this study was to better understand the relationship between music therapists and people experiencing homelessness. A survey of 365 music therapists in the United States revealed just under half of working clinicians provide services to people experiencing homelessness. …