The Sound of Healing: Integrating Music into Clinical Mental Health Practice

About this training

This training provides licensed and pre-licensed mental health clinicians a look at the differences between the field of music therapy and ways other mental health clinicians can incorporate music into their clinical practices. We will spend some time defining music IN therapy and music AS therapy to fully understand the limitations and ways music can be used to help. In addition, we will look at several different ways to incorporate the use of music within your practice as a tool, leaving you with tools you can use as soon as the training is completed while remaining in your scope of practice. Objectives: 1) Summarize the definitions of music therapy (music AS therapy) and therapeutic use of music (music IN therapy) 2) Differentiate the scope of practice of a clinical mental health professional vs board-certified music therapy 3) Assess for potential for harm when incorporating music into clinical practice 4) Develop a toolbox of music techniques to be able to utilize with clients as appropriate