MU 505
MPT Foundations II
This course further defines the philosophical and theoretical
foundations of music psychotherapy, comparing them within a
framework based upon established psychotherapeutic theories
such as psychodynamic, humanistic-existentialistic, and
cognitive-behavioral theories; Music psychotherapy techniques
are compared with verbal counseling interventions. A clinical
framework based upon Group Analytic Music Therapy (GAMT) is
introduced along with many other music psychotherapy
approaches such as Analytical Music Therapy and Guided
Imagination and Music. By placing music psychotherapy within
the overall context of psychotherapy approaches, students
learn to integrate the theories upon which their emerging
clinical practice are based. They also learn psychodynamic
influences and their impact on music therapy and integrate
knowledge of key concepts common to all psychotherapy
practice and therapeutic relationship. Students learn to
establish a therapeutic relationship informed by their
theoretical framework and integrate it with a consistent theory
of change. They begin to integrate knowledge of how human
problems develop and be understood differently based on the
viewpoint of the therapist’s theoretical orientation. They also
begin to identify circumstances where therapy is
contraindicated and recognize the benefits, limitations, and
contraindications of differing music psychotherapy approaches
and interventions. Students integrate knowledge of the impact
of trauma on psychological functioning and its different
meaning in different cultures. They learn skills for safe and
effective trauma psychotherapy and how to provide effective
instructional activities consistent with the therapist's practice
and qualifications when needed for the client. Course materials
include theory, clinical case examples, role-playing, and
discussion. For the 2-year students, this course is closely linked
and integrated to students’ developing clinical work in
concurrent Music Psychotherapy Placement I (MU504) and it is
the prerequisite for the summer placement MU508. It equips 1-
year students for their clinical work.
Corerequisites: 2-year program: MU504 1- year (music psychotherapy field) and
2-year: MU507.
This course further defines the philosophical and theoretical
foundations of music psychotherapy, comparing them within a
framework based upon established psychotherapeutic theories
such as psychodynamic, humanistic-existentialistic, and
cognitive-behavioral theories; Music psychotherapy techniques
are compared with verbal counseling interventions. A clinical
framework based upon Group Analytic Music Therapy (GAMT) is
introduced along with many other music psychotherapy
approaches such as Analytical Music Therapy and Guided
Imagination and Music. By placing music psychotherapy within
the overall context of psychotherapy approaches, students
learn to integrate the theories upon which their emerging
clinical practice are based. They also learn psychodynamic
influences and their impact on music therapy and integrate
knowledge of key concepts common to all psychotherapy
practice and therapeutic relationship. Students learn to
establish a therapeutic relationship informed by their
theoretical framework and integrate it with a consistent theory
of change. They begin to integrate knowledge of how human
problems develop and be understood differently based on the
viewpoint of the therapist’s theoretical orientation. They also
begin to identify circumstances where therapy is
contraindicated and recognize the benefits, limitations, and
contraindications of differing music psychotherapy approaches
and interventions. Students integrate knowledge of the impact
of trauma on psychological functioning and its different
meaning in different cultures. They learn skills for safe and
effective trauma psychotherapy and how to provide effective
instructional activities consistent with the therapist's practice
and qualifications when needed for the client. Course materials
include theory, clinical case examples, role-playing, and
discussion. For the 2-year students, this course is closely linked
and integrated to students’ developing clinical work in
concurrent Music Psychotherapy Placement I (MU504) and it is
the prerequisite for the summer placement MU508. It equips 1-
year students for their clinical work.
Corerequisites: 2-year program: MU504 1- year (music psychotherapy field) and
2-year: MU507.
This course further defines the philosophical and theoretical
foundations of music psychotherapy, comparing them within a
framework based upon established psychotherapeutic theories
such as psychodynamic, humanistic-existentialistic, and
cognitive-behavioral theories; Music psychotherapy techniques
are compared with verbal counseling interventions. A clinical
framework based upon Group Analytic Music Therapy (GAMT) is
introduced along with many other music psychotherapy
approaches such as Analytical Music Therapy and Guided
Imagination and Music. By placing music psychotherapy within
the overall context of psychotherapy approaches, students
learn to integrate the theories upon which their emerging
clinical practice are based. They also learn psychodynamic
influences and their impact on music therapy and integrate
knowledge of key concepts common to all psychotherapy
practice and therapeutic relationship. Students learn to
establish a therapeutic relationship informed by their
theoretical framework and integrate it with a consistent theory
of change. They begin to integrate knowledge of how human
problems develop and be understood differently based on the
viewpoint of the therapist’s theoretical orientation. They also
begin to identify circumstances where therapy is
contraindicated and recognize the benefits, limitations, and
contraindications of differing music psychotherapy approaches
and interventions. Students integrate knowledge of the impact
of trauma on psychological functioning and its different
meaning in different cultures. They learn skills for safe and
effective trauma psychotherapy and how to provide effective
instructional activities consistent with the therapist's practice
and qualifications when needed for the client. Course materials
include theory, clinical case examples, role-playing, and
discussion. For the 2-year students, this course is closely linked
and integrated to students’ developing clinical work in
concurrent Music Psychotherapy Placement I (MU504) and it is
the prerequisite for the summer placement MU508. It equips 1-
year students for their clinical work.
Corerequisites: 2-year program: MU504 1- year (music psychotherapy field) and
2-year: MU507.
