Ep 52 Dr Varvara Pasiali

Dr. Pasiali received a BA Honors in Music Performance, from the
University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Subsequently, she worked
as a public school music teacher and a freelance flute performer
in Cyprus. She completed her equivalency/Master’s degree in Music
Therapy at the University of Kansas. Upon graduation, she worked
as a music therapist in private practice (Ohio, US) and at the
Music School Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio). She completed her PhD
in Music Education with a cognate in Music Therapy at Michigan
State. Currently, she is Associate & Livingstone Professor of
music therapy and Chair of the Academic Honors Program at Queens
University of Charlotte, North Carolina. Her research interests
include early intervention, family-based music therapy,
prevention, wellness and mental health, resilience, and
socioemotional health. Dr. Pasiali is a regular presenter at
conferences and has published in various journals. Main lecturing
areas include improvisation, applied clinical techniques, and
psychology of music. She is an invited reviewer for music therapy
journals including Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, Journal of
Music Therapy, The Arts in Psychotherapy and Frontiers in
Psychology. She served as an associate editor for the open access
peer-reviewed journal Therapy, and Approaches: An
Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy  and on the
editorial board for the Journal of Music Therapy.  Currently
she serves on the editorial board for Music Therapy Perspectives
 and Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music
Therapy.


At the very end of our conversation we alluded to Pinker's views
on the non-adaptive role of music which he describes as 'auditory
cheesecake'. Here are some links to follow this up, for anyone
interested:


https://www.fastcompany.com/90569391/how-did-music-evolve-harvard-study-reveals-a-surprising-theory-no-its-not-a-sexual-mating-call
 


Also, here is a discussion by Levitin (evolutionary origins of
music) about/against Pinker (who argues that music is a by
product or an 'auditory cheesecake')


https://youtu.be/bf_tJK-we2w  Part 1


https://youtu.be/iDJH9ITlF9E    Part 2


https://youtu.be/UgGRR-6jHmI   Part 3


And Pinker still argues about auditory cheesecake: 12:40 Pinker
discussion. 
http://trbq.org/trbq-podcast-6-steven-pinker-on-music/


Here also are some references and links to Varvara's work:


Pasiali, V. & Clark, C. (2018). Evaluation of a music therapy
social skills development program for youth with limited
resources.  Journal of Music Therapy, 55(3), 280-308.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/thy007


Pasiali, V., Schoolmeesters, L., & Engen, R. (2018). Mapping
resilience: Analyses of measures and suggested uses in music
therapy.  Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music
Therapy, 10(1), 1-25.
https://approaches.gr/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2-Approaches-10-1-2018-a20160920_pasiali.pdf


Pasiali, V. (2014).  Music therapy and attachment
relationships across the lifespan. Nordic Journal of Music
Therapy, 23(3), 202-223.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08098131.2013.829863 


Pasiali, V. (2012a). Supporting parent-child interactions: Music
therapy as an intervention for promoting mutually responsive
orientation. Journal of Music Therapy, 49(3), 303-334.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/49.3.303


Pasiali, V. (2012b). Resilience, music therapy, and human
adaptation: Nurturing young children and families. Nordic Journal
of Music Therapy, 21(1), 36-56. https://doi.org
10.1080/08098131.2011.571276