Music Therapy Seminar

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Music Therapy is the systematic and evidence-based use of music to achieve individualized therapeutic outcomes within the context of a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional (American Music Therapy Association). It is an emerging allied health profession in Singapore. This seminar will introduce you to the reasons why music therapy exists, who may benefit from music therapy, how it looks/sounds like, how it is like to work with a music therapist, and the training requirements to become a music therapist.

Details

Music Therapy is the systematic and evidence-based use of music to achieve individualized therapeutic outcomes within the context of a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional (American Music Therapy Association). It is an emerging allied health profession in Singapore. This seminar will introduce you to the reasons why music therapy exists, who may benefit from music therapy, how it looks/sounds like, how it is like to work with a music therapist, and the training requirements to become a music therapist.

Content Outline:

• Introduction
• Learning objectives
• Music Therapy Definitions, Misconceptions, Foundations
• Wide applications of Music Therapy with selected client populations
• Music therapy in Singapore

What’s Included?

• Instruction by an expert facilitator
• Specialized manual and course materials
• Personalized certificate of completion

About the Presenter:

Ng Wang Feng is a Board-Certified Music Therapist. She graduated with a Master of Music Therapy from Temple University (Philadelphia, USA) in 2005. In her training and subsequent work appointments in music therapy, she has worked with various client populations in Singapore and in the United States, including adult and geri-psychiatrics, geriatrics, cancer survivors, individuals with developmental needs, orthopaedic impairments, and brain injury, as well as at-risk youth. She was also the founding President of the Association for Music Therapy (Singapore) and is a professional member of the American Music Therapy Association. She has published two articles in the online journal Voices: World Forum for Music Therapy.

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