Daphne Rickson

Senior Lecturer in Music Therapy
Coordinator of Clinical Programmes

MMusTher Massey, MHealSc(MenH) Otago, PhD Massey & Well, LTCL, RMTher

Daphne Rickson has been tutoring and lecturing on the Master of Music Therapy programme at Massey University since its inception in 2003. She takes responsibility for teaching music therapy methods, organising and supervising clinical practice and supervising second year masters research projects in music therapy. She recently became the first NZSM PhD, conferred jointly by Massey and Victoria Universities, Wellington.

Daphne completed the New Zealand Society for Music Therapy Accreditation Programme in 1991. She has practiced music therapy with a range of client populations, but specialises in work with special education settings with children and adolescents who have physical, or social and emotional needs. Daphne graduated with a Master of Health Science (Mental Health) from Otago University, following an investigation into whether music therapy was effective in promoting prosocial behaviours in aggressive adolescent boys. A further project which explored music therapy with adolescents who have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) led to the Master of Music Therapy, qualification. In 2003–4 Daphne was also a researcher for the Ministry of Education, investigating effective practice in education for children who have Autism. Daphne’s doctoral research explores the potential role of music in special education settings. The work involves a large scale action research project collaborating with special education teams to develop a music therapy assessment and consultation protocol.

Daphne has maintained close relations with national and international music therapy communities. She has been a member of the International Scientific Committee for two consecutive World Congress’s of Music Therapy, Chair of New Zealand Society for Music Therapy, and is currently the convenor of the New Zealand music therapists’ professional association.

Contact details
phone: +64 4 801 5799 ext 6979
room: 1D11, Mt Cook Campus
email: daphne.rickson@nzsm.ac.nz

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