October 2025 Online via Microsoft Teams

This is the Intermediate Foundation, running October - December. The Advanced Foundation follows on from this course and runs January - March. It is advisable to participate in the Intermediate Foundation before the Advanced Foundation. This enables flexibility, offering the option to study the Intermdiate Course first, and the Advanced course either straight after or the following year.

Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. These courses are suitable for Health Professionals, Social Workers, Teachers and anyone else interested in finding out about Music Therapies. The following course is offered on a part-time basis for 10 weeks. The course compromises of two half day workshops and 8 evening classes on Wednesdays.

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Please read the  Short Courses & Professional Development Programmes Contract 2020-21 before submitting payment.

Course Description

The course will provide an overview of music therapy practice in the UK and follow the psychodynamic model as taught on the Roehampton University MA training. Classes will comprise interactive seminars on various aspects of practice and theory (1 – 1&1/4 hours), including video material, followed by workshop/experiential sessions, The workshop segment will introduce the elements of clinical improvisation, whilst the experiential portion will provide a direct experience of group music therapy, the balance between these two elements shifting to the experiential as the course progresses.