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Francis Myerscough
(they/them)
MA MA BMus
Teams and roles for Francis Myerscough
Research student
Overview
I am an HCPC-registered Music Therapist with a varied clinical background: much of my clinical work has been with children, young people, and families. Another strand has been with queer and trans adults.
I am a passionate advocate for inclusive practice which affirms and celebrates human diversity in the arts therapies and beyond. My PhD research focus on co-production stems from my experience of successes and difficulties co-producing a music therapy organisation with community members.
Publication
2024
- Myerscough, F., Schneider-Reuter, L. and Faissner, M. 2024. Epistemic appropriation and the ethics of engaging with trans community knowledge in the context of mental healthcare research. Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 19(1), article number: 7. (10.1186/s13010-024-00157-9)
- Myerscough, F. 2024. Co-production of creative therapy provision:Plan for a mixed-methods, qualitative enquiry. Presented at: British Association for Music Therapy Conference 2024: About All of Us, For All of Us, By All of Us, Leicester and Online, 17-19 May 2024.
2023
- Myerscough, F. 2023. Music therapy in adoption and trauma: therapy that makes a difference after placement (Gravestock). Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy 15(2) (10.56883/aijmt.2023.12)
- Myerscough, F. 2023. Book Reviews: Sabah Choudrey, Supporting trans people of colour: How to make your practice inclusive. British Journal of Music Therapy 37(2), pp. 112-113. (10.1177/13594575231193322)
- Myerscough, F. 2023. Reflections on (in)visibility and (in)audibility in music therapy: Who? How? To whom?. British Journal of Music Therapy 37(1), pp. 17-27. (10.1177/13594575221137778)
- Myerscough, F. 2023. Becoming Phoenix Song: The therapeutic paradox of liminal existence in the development of a trans and nonbinary community music therapy voicework project. In: Lee, C. A. ed. The Oxford Handbook of Queer and Trans Music Therapy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. C32P1–C32N8., (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192898364.013.32)
2022
- Myerscough, F. and Wong, D. 2022. (Un)learning from experience: an exposition of minoritized voices on music therapy training. Music Therapy Perspectives 40(2), pp. 132-142. (10.1093/mtp/miac024)
Articles
- Myerscough, F., Schneider-Reuter, L. and Faissner, M. 2024. Epistemic appropriation and the ethics of engaging with trans community knowledge in the context of mental healthcare research. Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 19(1), article number: 7. (10.1186/s13010-024-00157-9)
- Myerscough, F. 2023. Music therapy in adoption and trauma: therapy that makes a difference after placement (Gravestock). Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy 15(2) (10.56883/aijmt.2023.12)
- Myerscough, F. 2023. Book Reviews: Sabah Choudrey, Supporting trans people of colour: How to make your practice inclusive. British Journal of Music Therapy 37(2), pp. 112-113. (10.1177/13594575231193322)
- Myerscough, F. 2023. Reflections on (in)visibility and (in)audibility in music therapy: Who? How? To whom?. British Journal of Music Therapy 37(1), pp. 17-27. (10.1177/13594575221137778)
- Myerscough, F. and Wong, D. 2022. (Un)learning from experience: an exposition of minoritized voices on music therapy training. Music Therapy Perspectives 40(2), pp. 132-142. (10.1093/mtp/miac024)
Book sections
- Myerscough, F. 2023. Becoming Phoenix Song: The therapeutic paradox of liminal existence in the development of a trans and nonbinary community music therapy voicework project. In: Lee, C. A. ed. The Oxford Handbook of Queer and Trans Music Therapy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. C32P1–C32N8., (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192898364.013.32)
Conferences
- Myerscough, F. 2024. Co-production of creative therapy provision:Plan for a mixed-methods, qualitative enquiry. Presented at: British Association for Music Therapy Conference 2024: About All of Us, For All of Us, By All of Us, Leicester and Online, 17-19 May 2024.
Research
Thesis
Co-production of Arts Therapies Provision: A Grounded Theory Study
My research utilises participant-observation, interview, and arts-based techniques within an overarching grounded theory methodology, with the aim of producing a conceptual model which supports creative therapists in making sense of how co-production functions (or not) in their own contexts.
Bringing observational, interview, and creative data together, I aim for a rich set of data which reflects the complexity and messiness of human relations, and how this impacts on co-production processes.
Funding sources
School of Healthcare Sciences PhD Studentship, July 2023-ongoing.
Supervisors
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Music therapy
- Co-production
- Arts therapy
- Psychotherapy
- Institutional dynamics