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- Assumption: Therapeutic musicians are merely entertainers or performers, or have not received sufficient training to provide therapeutic effects to patients. Truth: Therapeutic musicians are certified through extensive programs that provide high-quality training, requiring intensive clinical practicums and holding high standards for each graduate.
www.mhtp.org/what-is-therapeutic-musicLive therapeutic music - Music For Healing & Transition Program
Musicians who complete an approved Therapeutic Musician curriculum with supervised internships from an accredited training program are qualified to practice as Certified Therapeutic Musicians and can use the title Certified Therapeutic Musician, or the title awarded by their individual program.
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Certified Therapeutic Musicians are trained to offer music...
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Certified Therapeutic Musicians are trained to offer music that benefits patients in the realms of comfort, pain management, vitals stabilization, end-of-life transition, and more. They use their training to thoughtfully adjust their style of playing to suit the needs of the patient in each moment.
- The Role of Therapeutic Musicians
- The Role of Music Therapists
- The Difference Between Therapeutic Music and Music Therapy
- Sacred Space Specializes in Live Therapeutic Music
The National Standards Board for Therapeutic Musicians, https://www.nsbtm.org/, states “ The practice of the therapeutic musician is to use the intrinsic healing elements of live music and sound to provide an environment conducive to the human healing process.” This means that Certified Music Practitioners (CMPS), graduates from the Music for Heali...
Music Therapy is defined as “ the clinical & evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program.” https://www.musictherapy.org/Music Therapists have a degree from an accredited college and are therapists. Th...
Since therapeutic musicians are trained to go into a room to help create a healing environment so that a patient’s body can become less stressed and perhaps go into the Relaxation Response, the patient participates by listening. When a music therapist goes into a patient’s room, the goal is to achieve a medical outcome, and the patient is very part...
Pleasecontact us if you’d like to learn more about the differences between live therapeutic music and music therapy. Barbara Lepke-Sims has over 10 years experience as a Certified Music Practitioner and has helped over 6 hospitals build their therapeutic music programs. Barbara Weiger Lepke-Sims of Sacred Spaceis a harpist, educator, live therapeut...
Hiring a Certified Therapeutic Musician from an NSBTM-accredited training program ensures the highest quality musicianship and professionalism for your patient care. NSBTM-accredited programs have designed their curricula to adhere to the Scope of Practice for Certified Therapeutic Musicians.
music therapists practice safely and ethically as defined by the AMTA Code of Ethics, AMTA Standards of Clinical Practice, CBMT Code of Professional Practice, CBMT Board Certification Domains, and other applicable state and federal laws. Both AMTA and CBMT have mecha-nisms by which music therapists who are in violation of safe and ethi-
Certified music therapists (MTAs) provide services in a variety of settings including healthcare, educational, community, private practice, institutional, and corporate. They may work independently or as members of interprofessional teams.
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What is music therapy?
It promotes the profession of certified sound and music practitioners who offer live therapeutic sound and music for people of all ages experiencing stress, physical or mental illness, and those who are dying or bereaved.
