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Music Therapy

SRH University Heidelberg
HeidelbergGermany
On campus
Full-time
€690.00/month
Duration
2 Years
Language
English
Apply date
Sep 2024

Program Description

Would you like to use the healing power of music to help people? On our programme, you will develop music therapy skills and learn about the latest therapy concepts.

Music therapy and other arts therapies are increasingly popular in healthcare, and the research base for these fields is growing. The degree programme in Music Therapy takes a total of two years, including an intensive placement phase. The range of classes includes practical music lessons, therapy techniques and scientific content. We focus on music therapy in psychiatry, psychosomatics, psychotherapy and neurology. In addition, you will learn how to use music in the therapeutic treatment of people in all kinds of life circumstances.

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Curriculum

Semester 1

Introduction to therapy sciences

Introduction to music therapy

Psychology

Fundamental instrumental skills

Clinical psychology I (psychotherapy approaches)

Semester 2

Clinical psychology II (psychiatry, psychosomatics & psychotherapy)

Neurology & quantitative research methods

Basic musical competencies

Clinical placement

Semester 3

Evidence-based clinical practice (pain)

Assessment & clinical practice with children and adolescents

Arts therapies and specific applications

Advanced instrumental skills

Advanced placement (clinical or research)

Semester 4

Professionalization, law & ethics

Master's thesis

Careers

  • Psychiatry
  • Psychosomatics and psychotherapy
  • Neurology (early and general rehabilitation)
  • Geriatrics
  • Palliative and hospice care
  • Pediatrics
  • Intensive medicine centers (for example neonatology, oncology, pain) and sub-acute care facilities
  • Psychosocial institutions for children and families with special needs, disabilities and early intervention
  • Institutions of prevention and education (e.g., music schools, youth centers, kindergartens)
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