Becoming a Music-Centered Music Therapist

Becoming a Music-Centered Music Therapist: Thinking and Doing

with Suzanne Sorel

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Course curriculum

1. Welcome and Course Information
2. Welcome and Course Information Download (screen reader friendly)
1. Course Video
2. Course Materials
1. Post-Test and Evaluation
2. Policies

Learning Objectives

with CBMT Board Certification Domains

Participants will identify three ways in which music-centered objectives can be evidence- based. (CBMT Domain II: D. 6. a-e)
Participants will identify three ways in which music-centered practice bridges music therapy approaches. (CBMT Domain II D. 4. e-g, j)
Participants will identify two ways in which their clients’ non-musical behaviors and actions (speaking, moving, sound-making, gesturing) can be perceived as musical. (CBMT Domain II B. 3. a-c

Course Schedule

50 minute blocks, total of 250 minutes. This is an asynchronous, online course. You can complete the course modules at your own pace and on your own schedule. Follow the instructions to complete the course evaluation and receive your CMTE certificate.

Welcome & Introductions with musicing & Exploring Musical Identify
Delving into Music-Centered Practice
Humanism and Strengths-Based Thinking
Strengths-Based Thinking
Crafting Music-Centered Treatment Plans

About the Course

As musician-therapists, we would like to think that music is the center of our practice. But sometimes, our personal experiences and identities as musicians take a back seat to what we understand as "music for therapy." Our clinical work is enriched when we can integrate (or reintegrate) our identities as musicians with our careers in music therapy. In this CMTE, we will complete “thinking and doing” exercises to examine our relationship to music and consider how our musical identities can expand what’s possible clinically. We will also explore theory and context regarding music-centered practice and humanism with guest speakers, Dr. Kenneth Aigen and Dr. Brian Abrams. Strategies and philosophy will be explored to bridge the divide between humanistic understanding and evidence- based music-centered outcomes when crafting our treatment plans.

Instructor

Suzanne Sorel, DA, LCAT, MT-BC

Suzanne Sorel, DA, LCAT, MT-BC, Associate Dean & Director of Graduate Music Therapy at Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY. She is the author of Becoming a Music-Centered Therapist (Barcelona, 2022). She will be joined by guests Dr. Brian Abrams and Dr. Kenneth Aigen for portions of the course.

Statement of Relationship to CBMT

Becoming a Music-Centered Music Therapist: Thinking & Doing is approved by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT) for 5 CMTE credits. The American Music Therapy Association, #P-051 maintains responsibility for program quality and adherence to CBMT policies and criteria.

This course offers 5 LCAT Credits and 0 Ethics Credits

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