Ingelill Eide: Music Therapy and Institutionalization.

Field of Study: Music Therapy

Music Therapy in Norway has over the last years strengthened its position both as discipline and profession, and is expanding its areas of practice. In this process, music therapy is introduced to and practiced within different institutional frameworks and organizations. Therefore, one could assume that in order to succeed in this expansive development, an understanding of how music therapy as profession and discipline relates to its institutional and organizational context is required. This study contributes with exploring different processes of institutionalization of music therapy in Norway.