Anja Schäfer- Doctor of Philosophy
- senior lecturer at University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
Anja Schäfer
- Doctor of Philosophy
- senior lecturer at University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
Lector for Music Therapy at the University of Arts Graz and IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems
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Introduction
Anja Schäfer currently works as a lector at the University of Graz. She conducted her research project as a clinical music therapist at the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy in Graz, Austria. Her current clinical study focuses on the effect of receptive music therapy in depressive patients. Psychophysiological correlations are established through surveys of heart rate variability and mindfulness sensitisation. Receptive music therapy, RCT, heart rate variability, mindfulnes
Skills and Expertise
Current institution
Additional affiliations
January 2010 - present
Position
- Lecturer
Description
- As a clinical music therapist, I serve as a lecturer, mentor, and member of the examination committee in the master's program in music therapy at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz, Austria.
May 2021 - September 2021
January 2005 - December 2014
Pflegezentrum Kainbach
Position
- clinical music therapist
Education
September 2016 - May 2021
January 2012 - December 2014
Publications
Publications (18)
Anja Schäfer MAS
Psychophysiologische Studie zur Erhebung der Herzratenvariabilität und Achtsamkeitssensibilisierung in der rezeptiven Musiktherapie mit depressiven PatientInnen
In o.g. Dissertationsprojekt soll die Wirksamkeit von musiktherapeutischer Intervention bei depressiven PatientInnen (N=40) untersucht werden. Mittels HRV-Messungen werde...
Psychophysiological Study to Evaluate Heart Rate Variability and Awareness in Receptive Music Therapy with Depressive Patients
This dissertation project will examine the efficacy of music therapy intervention in depressive patients (n=40). Through HRV measurements, psychometric and biological interaction and stress markers will be obtained. The c...
Achtsamkeitsbasierte rezeptive Musiktherapie bei depressiven Patient*innen: Eine randomisiert kontrollierte Pilotstudie zur Evaluation der Herzratenvariabilität und Achtsamkeit
Hintergrund: Ein gut koordinierter Organismus, in dem die Körperrhythmen harmonisch zusammenarbeiten, zeigt eine schnellere und effektivere Erholungsfähigkeit. Der Herzschl...
ST20-01: Background: Depressive disorders are disorders of the entire organism characterized by a cluster of symptoms on the emotional, cognitive, physiological, motor, social-interactive and
behavioral level. Current literature shows that depressed people
also have a higher heart rate and limited heart rate variability (HRV) compared to control su...
Hintergrund: Musiktherapie wirkt sich auf psychischer und psychobiologischer Ebene bei Menschen aus. Affektsensitive, autonom regulierte Maße wie die Herzfrequenz („heart rate“, HR) und die Herzfrequenzvariabilität („heart rate variability“, HRV) gewinnen in der klinischen Forschung zunehmend an Bedeutung und werden herangezogen, um den Therapieerf...
Background
Music therapy has been shown to have an impact at the physiological and psychological levels in human beings. As affect-sensitive, autonomically regulated measures, such as heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) are gaining popularity in research, they are also being used to measure therapeutic success and to have a better unde...
In diesem Dissertationsprojekt soll die Wirksamkeit von musiktherapeutischer Inter-vention vor dem Hintergrund der Chronobiologie bei depressiven Patient.innen (N=40) untersucht werden. Mittels Herzratenvariabilität (HRV) Messungen werden die Veränderungen der psychometrischen und biologischen Interaktions-, bzw. Stressmarker erhoben. Die psychisch...
Background: A well-coordinated organism in which the body's rhythms work together recovers particularly well and quickly. Rhythmicity can be read off well from heart rate variability (HRV) or heart rhythm flexibility. It results from the cyclical interaction of the two control organs of the heart - the parasympathetic and the sympathetic nervous sy...
Background Depressive disorders are disorders of the entire organism characterized by a cluster of symptoms on the emotional, cognitive, physiological, motor, social-interactive and behavioral level. Current literature shows that depressed people also have a higher heart rate and limited heart rate variability (HRV) compared to control subjects. Re...
Mindfulness-based receptive music therapy in depressed patients
A pilot randomized controlled trial evaluating heart rate variability and mindfulness
Background: Depressive disorders are disorders of the entire organism characterized by a cluster of symptoms on the emotional, cognitive, physiological, motor, social-interactive and behavioral level...
Depressive disorders are disorders of the entire organism characterized by a cluster of symptoms on the emotional, cognitive, physiological, motor, social-interactive and behavioral levels. Current literature shows the depressed people also have a higher heart rate and limited heart rate variability (HRV) compared to control subjects [1]. Relaxatio...
This dissertation project will investigate the efficacy of music therapy interventions in depressive patients (n=40). Through questionnaires and HRV measurements, psychometric and stress markers and their interaction will be obtained.
The correlating intensity measure of depression repectively awareness sensitization will be collected with the help...
This dissertation project will investigate the efficacy of music therapy interventions in depressive patients (n=40). Through questionnaires and HRV measurements, psychometric and stress markers and their interaction will be obtained.
The correlating intensity measure of depression repectively awareness sensitization will be collected with the help...
Depressive disorders are disorders of the entire organism characterized by a cluster of symptoms on the emotional, cognitive, physiological, motor, social-interactive and behavioral levels. Current literature shows the depressed people also have a higher heart rate and limited heart rate variability (HRV) compared to control subjects [1].
Relaxatio...
Background: A well-coordinated organism in which the body's rhythms work together recovers particularly well and quickly. Rhythmicity can be read off well from heart rate variability (HRV) or heart rhythm flexibility. It results from the cyclical interaction of the two control organs of the heart - the parasympathetic and the sympathetic nervous sy...
