Research and Publications
Leslie has many years of experience supervising colleagues undertaking research degrees. For further information about research and research staff profiles please visit University of the West of England.
Leslie is embarking on a new period of collaborative research exploring the benefits of music therapy for children and adults in cancer services. He is also working with colleagues at UWE in developing research into music therapy and dementia care.
Recent publications include:
Books
- Music Therapy - An Art beyond Words, London: Routledge 1994 5th printing 2002 and also translated into Italian 1996, Japanese 1997, German 1998, Hebrew 1999 with a contract for a new second edition.
- The Handbook of Music Therapy - co-authored with Sarah Hoskyns, Routledge, London 2002
Book Chapters
- Chapter on music therapy in Muziekpsychologie, edited by F. Evers, M. Jansma, P. Mak and B. de Vries, Assen: Van Gorcum 1995
- 'Clinical and Therapeutic uses of Music' in The Social Psychology of Music, edited by David Hargreaves and Adrian North, Oxford University Press 1997
- 'Music Space and Health - the story of MusicSpace' in Community Music Therapy - International Initiatives, edited by Mercédès Pavlicevic and Gary Ansdell, Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2004
- 'Music therapy for children - perspectives from practice and research' in The Child as Musician: a handbook of musical development, edited by Gary McPhersOxfordon, University Press May 2006
- 'Music Therapy: a resource for creativity, health and well-being across the lifespan' in Musical Creativity: Insights from Music Education Research, edited by Oscar Odena, Ashgate Publishers (in press)
- 'Bringing light into darkness: guided imagery and music, bereavement, loss and working through trauma' in Developments in Music Therapy Practice: Case Study Perspectives, edited by Anthony Meadows, Barcelona Publishers (in press) .
Journal Articles
- 'Transformational Processes in Guided Imagery and Music,' Journal of the Association for Music and Imagery, 2000, vol.7
- 'A Pilot Study into the therapeutic effects of music therapy at a Cancer Help Center', with Sarah Burns, Michael Harbuz and Frank Hucklebridge, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 2001, vol.7, no.1
- 'Music Therapy with Children: A Complementary Service to Music Education?' British Journal of Music Education, 2003, vol.20, no.2 Cambridge University Press
- 'Creativity, Identity and Healing: participants' accounts of music therapy in cancer care', Health: an interdisciplinary journal for the social study of health, illness and medicine, vol.1, no.3 co-authored with Norma Daykin and Stuart McClean, 2007.
- 'Music and Healing in Cancer Care: a survey of supportive care providers, The Arts in Psychotherapy', vol.33, no.5 co-authored with Norma Daykin and Stuart McClean, 2006.
