Ep 50 Julie Sutton

Julie Sutton works in a regional adult psychiatry NHS service for
patients with severe, complex disturbance, and in private
psychoanalytic practice. Having qualified in 1982 she retired
from music therapy in June 2020. Over the decades her work
covered most areas across the age range and she presented,
lectured and examined nationally and internationally. Former Head
of Training for NR London she also consulted for the Pavarotti
Music Centre in Mostar. Her PhD looked at improvisation as a form
of conversation & reflects a lifelong interest in relational
musical processes. A BAMT Trustee for three terms, former
Editor-in-Chief of the BJMT & EMTC Vice President, Julie has
written about music therapy in many chapters and articles,
including her books “Music, Music Therapy & Trauma” and “The
Music in Music Therapy” (2002 & 2014). She is registered with
the British Psychoanalytic Council and is a Board Member of the
N. Ireland Psychoanalytic Society.


This was an unplanned conversation that covered many areas of
theory, practice and life experience. Before that, a brief
excerpt from episode 1 to mark the occasion!


'Breaking Free: Freud versus music' (BBC Sounds) 


The musicologist Julie referred to was Max Graf


Karnac books by Andrea Sabbadini


References


Kennedy, R. (2020). The Power of Music: Psychoanalytic
Explorations. ISD LLC.


Kroeker, J. (2019). Jungian music psychotherapy: When psyche
sings. Routledge.


Sutton, J. and De Backer, J. (2014). The music in music therapy:
Psychodynamic music therapy in Europe: Clinical, theoretical and
research approaches. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.


Sutton, J. (2002). Music, music therapy and trauma: International
perspectives. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.