
Music is your passion and you love working with people? Are you interested in how music affects our psyche and our bodies? Then you are right in music therapy!
Music is your passion and you love working with people? Are you interested in how music affects our psyche and our bodies? Then you are right in music therapy!
More and more clinical institutions and therapeutic centers rely on creative therapeutic/artistic procedures with scientific foundations. The focus of the study is the practical training of your therapeutic and musical skills. The theoretical basis is content from medicine, psychology, neuroscience and musicology.
You will learn how to use music in people of different ages to promote their health. You acquire the basics of improvisation, song accompaniment and therapeutic conversation before the first internship. By the second internship, you will then learn how to treat people with specific medical conditions.
The scientific foundations acquired in the Bachelor program Music Therapy in Heidelberg, the methodological competence and the professional field-related qualifications enable you to practice in a clinical or therapeutic or special educational context.
The perfect mix of music, psychology and therapeutic practice
Content from medicine, psychology and therapy science form the theoretical basis of your studies. Music lessons in the areas of piano/guitar, percussion and voice as well as the training of your therapeutic skills form the practical basis for your future career in music therapy. You will put your acquired skills into practice in two internships integrated into your studies. The whole program is rounded off by a continuous process of reflection in group self-awareness and supervision.
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Basics of therapeutic music-making practice
6Scientific work in the healthcare system
6Psychology and psychotherapy
12Basic instrumental techniques
6Basic therapeutic attitudes and techniques
6Active and receptive music therapy
12Basic musical skills - focus on melody and ear training
6Group therapy
6Clinical project phase (P I)
30Field of application psychiatry, psychotherapy/psychosomatics
12Field of application: neurology
6Core musical skills - focus on improvisation
6Digital media in music therapy
6Music therapy in geriatrics
6Music therapy with children and adolescents
6Musical application skills
6Music therapy with people with disabilities
6Scientific project
6Scientific project
6Clinical specialisation phase (P II)
30Bachelor thesis
12Professionalisation of the music therapist role
12Elective subject
6In addition to technical and methodological skills, social and personal skills are crucial today. 's innovative, successful and award-winning CORE principle promotes independent and active learning so that you can apply your knowledge directly in practice - for a clear competitive advantage.
What I particularly like about the course is the combination of theoretical content and practical application, e.g. in role plays or group exercises. This leads to a high practical component in the curriculum and creates a good basis for the two internship semesters.
MIDI-GO2 is intended to give students the opportunity to acquire targeted knowledge about the use of digital instruments and their application in (music) therapy practice. The project team has been awarded a fellowship in the Stifterverband's DigitalChangeMaker Accelerator for the MIDI-GO2 project.
Music offers the opportunity to connect people of different languages, origins, religions and traditions. On February 3, 2024, the Bridges project team in Heidelberg showed us how successful musical integration can be.