Selected Writings

Rykov, M. H. (2008). Melodic-poetic transcription: Research sings. Journal of the Canadian Association for Music Therapy.

Rykov, M. H. (2008). Experiencing music therapy cancer support. Journal of Health Psychology, 13(2).

Rykov, M. H. (2007). Dear Mr. Rilke: An arts-informed contemplation. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 34(4).

Rykov, M. H. (2005). One size fits all, or what is music therapy theory for? Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy. Released March 1, 2005 at www.voices.no/mainissues/mi40005000170.html

Barrera, M. E., Rykov, M. H. & Doyle, S. L. (2002). The effects of interactive music therapy on hospitalized children with cancer: A pilot study. Psycho-oncology, 11, 379-388. Barrera_2002_PO.pdf, 103 kb.

Rykov, M. H. (2001). Facing the music: speculations on the dark side of our moon. Journal of Palliative Care, 17(3), 188-192. Rykov_2001_JPC.pdf, 417.6 kb

Rykov, M. H. (2001). Insights from a Jewish hospice program. Canadian Journal of Music Therapy, 8(1), 64-74. Rykov_2001_CJMT.pdf, 493 kb.

Murrant, G., Rykov, M., Amonite, D. & Loynd M. (2000). Creativity and self-care for caregivers, Journal of Palliative Care, 16(2), 44-49. Murrant_2000_JPC.pdf, 536 kb

Rykov, M. H. (2006). Music at a time like this. [research poster] Integrating CAM Research and Practice: A Focus on Outcome Measures - Abstracts from the 3rd Annual IN-CAM (Canadian Interdisciplinary Network for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research) Symposium November 4th & 5th, 2006, Calgary, Canada, Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine: Vol. 3: No. 1, Article 7, p. 34. www.bepress.com/jcim/vol3/iss1/7 or
Rykov_2006_JCIM_pg34.pdf, 274 kb

Rykov, M. H. (2006). Voicing the song of music therapy cancer support. Proceedings of the Canadian Association for Studies in Adult Education, pp. 191-196. www.oise.utoronto.ca/CASAE/cnf2006/2006onlineProceedings
/CAS2006Mary%20H%20Rykov.pdf or Rykov_2006_CASAE.pdf, 78.6 kb

Rykov, M. H. (2005). Music, meaning and cancer support. [research paper]. 11th World Congress of Music Therapy, Brisbane, Australia, July 18-23. (Congress Handbook, p. 85) www.musictherapyworld.de/modules/wfmt/stuff
/music_therapy_05_handbook_2.pdf (2.6 MB)

Rykov, M. H. (2005). The collective GIM journey: Variations on a GIM theme. [experiential workshop]. 11th World Congress of Music Therapy, Brisbane, Australia, July 18 – 23. (Congress Handbook, p. 42) www.musictherapyworld.de/modules/wfmt/stuff
/music_therapy_05_handbook_2.pdf (2.6 MB)

Rykov, M. H. (2002) The lullaby group for pregnant and parenting teens. In J. Fachner & D. Aldridge (Eds.), Dialogue and Debate – Conference Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Music Therapy, Pp. 1457-1478 (pdf pages 1485-1504), Witten: MusicTherapyWorld.net Oxford2002.pdf. (5.8 MB) www.musictherapyworld.de/modules/wfmt/stuff/oxford2002.pdf

Rykov, M. H. (2002) Sick mode, dying mode: music therapy in the continuum of cancer treatment. In J. Fachner & D. Aldridge (Eds.), Dialogue and Debate – Conference Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Music Therapy, Pp. 1479-1487 (pdf pages 1501-1513), Witten:MusicTherapyWorld.net Oxford2002.pdf. 5.8 MB) www.musictherapyworld.de/modules/wfmt/stuff/oxford2002.pdf