Prof. Alfredo Raglio is a music therapist and researcher that has received an academic musical and music therapy education. Also, he has obtained a PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Ferrara (Department of Biomedical and Specialistic Surgical Sciences, Section of Neurological Clinic). Prof. Raglio carries out clinical and research activities at the Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS (Pavia, Italy) where he is the Chief of the Music Therapy Research Laboratory and at the Cremonesini Foundation (Pontevico, Brescia, Italy). Prof. Raglio coordinates the Master in Music Therapy at the Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine of the University of Pavia (Italy) and the Master of Arts in Music Therapy Theory and Techniques at the Conservatory of Music “G. Verdi” in Milan (Italy). He is the author of many monographs and scientific articles in the field of music therapy on peer-reviewed journals.

• Preface.- Introduction: What can we consider music therapy?.- Part I: Psychological, neuroscientific, and biological bases of therapeutic use of music.- 1. The contribution of music psychology to music therapy.- 2. Music under the lens of neuroscience.- 3. Neuro-biological bases of music therapy and music-based interventions.- Part II: The Techniques: active music therapy approaches.- 4. Proposals for structured active music therapy and improvisation.- 5. Songwriting Techniques in Music Therapy.- 6. The Neurologic Music Therapy.- 7. Other music-based approaches in rehabilitation and sonification techniques.- Part III: The Techniques: receptive music therapy approaches.- 8. Receptive Music Therapy Techniques.- 9. Towards a New Model of Music Listening: The Therapeutic Music Listening.- Part IV: How to carry out a music-based or music therapy treatment.- 10. Music therapy treatment: from the beginning to the conclusion.- Part V: Fields of application.- 11. Music therapy and music-based interventions in neurology and neurological rehabilitation.- 12. Music therapy and music-based intervention in psychiatry.- 13. The importance of Music in Children's Development.- 14. Music therapy and music-based interventions in oncology and end-of-life care.- 15. Music therapy and music-based interventions in pain medicine.- 16. A systematic review of music therapy and music based interventions in healthcare applications: surgery, NICU, and dementia care in acute settings and transition.- 17. A systematic review of music therapy and music based interventions in healthcare applications: eating disorders, work-related stress, homelessness, artists and concerts in music and medicine.- Part VI: The research in the field of music-based and music therapy interventions.- 18. Music therapy and research: qualitative and quantitative points of view.- 19. Make the invisible visible -towards process-based outcome research on mechanisms of change in music therapy.

Prof. Alfredo Raglio is a music therapist and researcher that has received an academic musical and music therapy education. Also, he has obtained a PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Ferrara (Department of Biomedical and Specialistic Surgical Sciences, Section of Neurological Clinic). Prof. Raglio carries out clinical and research activities at the Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS (Pavia, Italy) where he is the Chief of the Music Therapy Research Laboratory and at the Cremonesini Foundation (Pontevico, Brescia, Italy). Prof. Raglio coordinates the Master in Music Therapy at the Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine of the University of Pavia (Italy) and the Master of Arts in Music Therapy Theory and Techniques at the Conservatory of Music “G. Verdi” in Milan (Italy). He is the author of many monographs and scientific articles in the field of music therapy on peer-reviewed journals.

• Preface.- Introduction: What can we consider music therapy?.- Part I: Psychological, neuroscientific, and biological bases of therapeutic use of music.- 1. The contribution of music psychology to music therapy.- 2. Music under the lens of neuroscience.- 3. Neuro-biological bases of music therapy and music-based interventions.- Part II: The Techniques: active music therapy approaches.- 4. Proposals for structured active music therapy and improvisation.- 5. Songwriting Techniques in Music Therapy.- 6. The Neurologic Music Therapy.- 7. Other music-based approaches in rehabilitation and sonification techniques.- Part III: The Techniques: receptive music therapy approaches.- 8. Receptive Music Therapy Techniques.- 9. Towards a New Model of Music Listening: The Therapeutic Music Listening.- Part IV: How to carry out a music-based or music therapy treatment.- 10. Music therapy treatment: from the beginning to the conclusion.- Part V: Fields of application.- 11. Music therapy and music-based interventions in neurology and neurological rehabilitation.- 12. Music therapy and music-based intervention in psychiatry.- 13. The importance of Music in Children's Development.- 14. Music therapy and music-based interventions in oncology and end-of-life care.- 15. Music therapy and music-based interventions in pain medicine.- 16. A systematic review of music therapy and music based interventions in healthcare applications: surgery, NICU, and dementia care in acute settings and transition.- 17. A systematic review of music therapy and music based interventions in healthcare applications: eating disorders, work-related stress, homelessness, artists and concerts in music and medicine.- Part VI: The research in the field of music-based and music therapy interventions.- 18. Music therapy and research: qualitative and quantitative points of view.- 19. Make the invisible visible -towards process-based outcome research on mechanisms of change in music therapy.