Music Therapy MA

**Why this course?** <br/>- Approved by the HCPC.<br/><br/><br/>- Work placements organised by the University, the majority with a music therapist on site. <br/><br/><br/>- Our School of Psychology is the only one in Europe to offer training in all the arts and play therapies. <br/><br/><br/>- Top ten in the UK for postgraduate student satisfaction (PTES 2022, 2023).<br/><br/><br/>- Jointly recognised as the best modern university in the country, and the best modern university in London for research excellence. (REF 2021). 77% of our research is ranked ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (REF 2021). <br/><br/><br/>**About this course**<br/>The programme emphasises your emotional development as a practitioner, together with clinical exploration through critical enquiry. In addition to this, students must be prepared to enter mandatory individual personal therapy for one year of the training.<br/><br/>Music therapy can benefit people with a wide range of difficulties or challenges, including mental health problems, learning disabilities and autism, dementia and neurology, as well as people experiencing serious illness such as cancer or those who have experienced trauma. Placements include work with children and adults in the settings in which Music Therapists commonly work. <br/><br/>Key areas of study include human development and growth and the clinical context for music therapy, clinical improvisation, observational studies, music therapy theory, clinical case work and supervision, introduction to research and your dissertation. Some of the core teaching will take place with peers from across the Arts and Play Therapies programmes, giving unique opportunities for interdisciplinary learning. Personal development and reflection on this is central throughout the programme.<br/><br/>Clinical placements will provide you with music therapy work experience alongside qualified Music Therapists. You will also participate in an experiential group, which gives you an opportunity to develop your own self-awareness and examine personal and group dynamics through verbal and musical processes.<br/><br/>**Skills** <br/>Essential to music therapy is the relationship between client and therapist. At Roehampton we have chosen to base our Music Therapy training programme on the use of psychoanalytic ideas to inform our understanding of the therapy process and the ways the person in therapy uses the environment, the therapist and the music.<br/><br/>**Career opportunities**<br/>Music Therapists work within:<br/>- Statutory services (such as the NHS, education or social services)<br/><br/><br/>- Charities <br/><br/><br/>- Private organisations<br/><br/><br/>- Private practice. <br/>