Trained in music and psychotherapy, Butterton taught music appreciation, taught psychodynamic counseling, and worked as a music psychotherapist for the UK's NHS; she now works in private practice in Derby, England. In this text, she examines the use of music within psychotherapy, in particular the receptive listening experience for both patient and psychotherapist using music chosen and brought to the consulting room by the patient. Coverage includes interviews with four people in the public eye describing what music means to them; perspectives on music from a variety of disciplines--philosophy, sociology, psychology, anthropology, neuroscience; and a case study of one patient treated by the author using music psychotherapy. For psychotherapists, counselors, music therapists, healthcare professionals with an interest in music therapy, and students and academics in psychology, counseling and psychotherapy. Published by Radcliffe Publishing, UK, and distributed in the US by BookMasters. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)