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       3 |  Music Therapist Training Music therapists are college degreed and clinically trained health care professionals.
 
  A |  Music Therapy Baccalaureate Degree     C |  National Board Certification by Exam  


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Coursework is required in . . .
     acoustics
     anatomy
     behavioral sciences
     biological sciences
     disabilities
     general studies
     music
     music therapy
     physiology
     psychology
     research analysis
     social sciences
     special education

    

Successful graduation from one of 70 approved college music therapy programs as well as completion of a subsequent six-month clinical training internship qualifies a music therapist to attempt a national board certification exam, offered by the Certification Board for Music Therapists. Upon passing the exam, a music therapist earns the credential MT–BC (Music Therapist–Board Certified). The MT–BC credential requires either exam re-certification every five years or successful completion and documentation of 100 Continuing Music Therapy Education Units.

  
  B |  Six-Month Clinical Internship     D |  Music Therapy Postgraduate  
 

MusicWorx is an AMTA-approved clinical training internship site, accepting eight domestically or internationally trained music therapy graduates each year.

In addition to two formal writing assignments, internship requires 1,040 hours, including . . .
514 hours of music therapy experiences
59 hours of professional growth
52 hours of clinical noting and recording

Click to explore the MusicWorx clinical training internship program.

    Although a postgraduate degree is not required of music therapists, both a master's degree and a doctorate degree in music therapy exist.
  
       
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