{"product_id":"9781778400803","title":"The Schubert Treatment","description":"Author: Claire Oppert\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781778400803\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Greystone Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Feb 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 216\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA celebrated art therapist plays the cello for her patients  and offers a moving reflection on the extraordinary power of music to enrich our lives, all the way to the very end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Claire Oppert plays the cello, miracles happen. Children with profound autism, patients in extreme pain and distress, even people on the threshold of death smile, cry, laugh, sing and dance. \u0026amp;#x27;When you play, I'm not sick anymore\u0026amp;#x27;, one man tells her. \u0026amp;#x27;I feel happy, I feel alive.\u0026amp;#x27;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Schubert Treatment\u003c\/i\u003e, Oppert recounts her remarkable story of healing suffering through music, alongside portraits of the many people she has helped. Born into a family of doctors and artists, Oppert trained as a classical cellist and began playing at a center for autistic youth, where she witnessed how music could connect with even the most difficult-to-reach patients. Later, she began working as an art therapist with people with neurodegenerative diseases and palliative care patients, eventually conducting clinical trials that proved the effect of her \u0026amp;#x27;Schubert treatment\u0026amp;#x27;: using music as a counter-stimulation to reduce pain and anxiety during stressful procedures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOppert's crystalline, lyrical vignettes of the patients whose lives she has touched are punctuated with anecdotes from her own life as a musician, as well as reflections on the meaning of art and the human need for connection and creativity. Compassionate, uplifting, and deeply humane, \u003ci\u003eThe Schubert Treatment\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to the incredible power of music to heal our bodies, minds, and souls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;[A] touching, lyrical book....Compassionate, intriguing, often uplifting vignettes delivered in crystalline prose.\u0026amp;#x27;  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, STARRED Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Oppert, a classical cellist and art therapist, debuts with a luminous ode to the \"mysterious ways music... moves\" patients with such conditions as dementia and autism... Assured and lyrical, this impresses.\u0026amp;#x27;  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, STARRED Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;The Schubert Treatment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a life-affirming hymn to the power of music: to bring joy in the face of illness and suffering and to ease even physical pain. Claire Oppert has written a great and necessary work of art.\u0026amp;#x27;  Grammy Award-winning violinist and conductor Maxim Vengerov\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;These healing musical encounters at the frontiers of \u0026amp;quot;unimaginable lands\u0026amp;quot;  the lands of profound dementia and non-speaking autism  resonate in the heart like chords on Claire Oppert\u0026amp;#x27;s cello.\u0026amp;#x27;  Steve Silberman, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeurotribes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;In astonishing encounters with Oppert's cello, music becomes a lifeline for those who lack memory, language, hope, or trust. Raw and lyrical, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Schubert Treatment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e sparkles with insight and faith in the human spirit.\u0026amp;#x27;  Adriana Barton, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWired for Music\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46852884791454,"sku":"ADS-9781778400803","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781778400803.jpg?v=1779064160","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781778400803","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}