Rhythm to Recovery ─ A Practical Guide to Using Rhythmic Music, Voice and Movement for Social and Emotional Development

Faulkner presents readers with a comprehensive examination of the use of rhythmic practices, including music and movement practices, to build mindfulness and cognitive reflection in a wide variety of therapeutic contexts. He has organized the eighteen chapters that make up the main body of his text in two parts devoted to theory, research, and resources and games, exercises, and applications. Individual chapters are focused on counseling and facilitation skills, options for the non-verbal, rhythmic movement, and many other related subjects. The author is a public speaker, practitioner, and trainer. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Simon Faulkner is a leading practitioner, trainer and keynote speaker specialising in the design and delivery of evidence-based interventions utilising rhythm to assist with social and emotional learning and recovery from trauma. He has extensive experience of working with different populations, including young people, refugees, people with complex diagnoses such as autism and Asperger syndrome, parents and corporate employees. He developed the multi-award-winning DRUMBEAT intervention, the only music programme to gain a 5 star evidence rating as a mental health intervention and the first to be recognised as an accredited unit of curriculum for social and emotional learning. He lives in Western Australia and delivers training internationally.