In The Schubert Treatment, 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 "Schubert treatment": using music as a counter-stimulation to reduce pain and anxiety during stressful procedures.

Originally published in French as Le pansement Schubert in 2020 by Éditions Denoël. "First published in English by Greystone Books in 2024"--Title page verso.

Prologue -- A good story -- Paul -- Through the wall -- Paul, the explosion -- Howard -- Amélia -- My father -- Dîlan -- The cello -- David -- Encounter -- Holding space -- Russia -- Poets in space -- The Moscow Conservatory -- A musical ballet -- The turn -- A day like any other -- She and him -- Faculty of Medicine -- The poet on the second floor -- A life: the book -- Writing -- The Legion of Honor exhibit -- Musical transfer -- Painting the seasons -- In the metro -- Leading lady -- A new place -- Monsieur Roy's blood test -- Clinical trials -- Madame Moretti's bath -- Research -- Bitter medicine and the breath of music -- Results -- Monsieur Koumba -- Music is strength -- Madame Müller -- Music is a friend -- Monsieur Rivière -- Music is life -- Monsieur Lebrun -- Music is vibration -- Monsieur Martin -- Music is a living memory -- Madame Azaro -- Music is flight -- Monsieur Fridman -- Music is silence -- Madame Bellec -- Music is a song -- Monsieur Loiseau -- Music is resonance -- Madame Rameau -- Music is light -- Madame Adélaïde -- Music is voice -- Madame Cazeneuve -- Music is provocation -- Madame Bloch -- Music is danger -- Madame Beauchamp -- Music is deliverance -- Monsieur Kahil -- Music is rhythm -- Madame Ricci -- Music is a dream -- Madame Fontaine -- Music is joy -- Madame Eleanora -- Music is movement -- Monsieur N'Daye -- Music is an encounter -- My mother -- Death of a friend -- Reunion -- Epilogue -- Undercurrent.