Hospice & Palliative Care Music Therapy Institute
~June 12-15, 2010 at Seasons
Hospice in Baltimore, MD
The Hospice & Palliative Care Music Therapy Institute is a Specialty CMTE course
that will enable participants to expand and integrate their knowledge of issues related to end-of-life care in clinical settings
such as hospitals, nursing homes, and hospices. Participants are afforded the unique opportunity to learn the clinical needs
of people with advanced illness and their families, develop innovative treatment plans, and practice music therapy skills
in a clinical hospice setting. Funding opportunities and business aspects of hospice music therapy will also be explored.
Carolyn Koebel, MM, MT-BC, will be a guest speaker, highlighting guitar skills at the beside. Participants may earn 50
Specialty CMTEs.
Grief & Loss Music Therapy Institute
~August
28-31, 2010 at Seasons Hospice in Chicago, ILThe Grief & Loss Music Therapy Institute is a Specialty CMTE course that
will enable music therapists to learn the clinical needs of the bereaved and develop session plans and interventions that
are developmentally-appropriate. Various types of therapeutic programming will be taught including closed- and open-ended
groups, as well as individual and family sessions. Participants may earn 50 Specialty CMTEs.
To register or for more information contact info@hospicemusictherapy.org.
Two Offerings for 2010! Basic and Advanced Counseling Skills
Institute
~July 24-26, 2010 at Seasons Hospice in Chicago, IL
~September 25-27, 2010 at Big Bend Hospice, Tallahassee, FL
This course provides music therapists with basic and advanced verbal counseling
techniques, and affords participants opportunities to practice skills in a clinical setting. Music has the power to evoke
powerful emotions and experiences, and this course equips music therapists with practical skills in verbal processing. Music
therapists can use many powerful musical interventions for unlocking, releasing, and expressing emotional content.
This course will teach therapists how to utilize these interventions in their clinical practice as it relates to basic and
advanced counseling skills. Participants in this course may earn 30 CMTE credits.
To register or for more information contact info@hospicemusictherapy.org.
