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.
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 contracts made for Russian and Korean versions and 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 McPherson, Oxford University Press May 2006
Journal Articles
- 'Transformational Processes in Guided Imagery and Music,' Journal of the Association for Music and Imagery, 2000, vol.7
- 'Variations on a Theme: the evolution of a music therapy research programme at the Bristol Cancer Help Centre' - with Sarah Burns and Pat Turton - British Journal of Music Therapy, 2000, vol.14, no.2
- '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.
