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- music therapy and mental health
- music therapy approaches
- music therapy and trauma
- polyvagal theory
- music therapy and dementia
- Spirituality
- End of life care
- Race, ethnicity and decolonisation
- Black feminist values/epistemology
- Afro analytics
- Trauma recovery
- PTMF
- Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic theory
- Clinical supervision
- Qualifications:MA
- Position:Senior Lecturer
- Department:Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences (HAS)
- Email:Adam.Kishtainy@uwe.ac.uk
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About me
I studied at UWE and have been teaching on the MA Music Therapy course here since 2013. I have taught alongside a diverse clinical career including developing new music therapy services within charities, NHS, higher education and private practice. I have worked with people of all ages from premature babies through to older adults, facing a wide range of difficulties. Outside of my UWE work, I currently run a busy private practice, offering music psychotherapy for individuals/groups as well as clinical supervision for therapists and other professionals. I am also co-lead pastor of a church, a husband and parent to 3 children & a grown up foster son. My pronouns are 'he/him' and I have a global majority ancestry.
Area of expertise
Within my diverse clinical & teaching experience I am particularly interested in: decolonial thinking/practice; the role of spirituality in clinical practice; innovative approaches to the development of music therapy practice; work in adoption/fostering; work with prison populations.
I am currently undertaking a pioneering certificate - 'racial trauma through the lens of group psychoanalysis'. This has been a key influence in the ongoing development of the MA Music Therapy course to incorporate global majority foundations and decolonial approaches.
I founded the 'Christians in Arts Therapies' network which is a multi-disciplinary group of around 150 people throughout the UK.
Prior to my training as a music therapist I pioneered the charity 'Changing Tunes' using music as a tool for rehabilitation in prisons across the South-West of England for over 12 years. I was also a therapeutic foster carer for several years and both of these experiences have informed my practice in significant ways.
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