Music brings us a sense of comfort, completion, and wholeness. It supports, it connects, it stimulates, it relaxes, it encourages, it expresses, it consoles. Music can provide a powerful voice and validation to the thoughts and feelings that often arise when facing a life limiting illness.
Music therapy is a patient-centered, non-invasive treatment designed to alleviate pain and stress, effectively manage physical symptoms, facilitate emotional expression, enhance mood, stimulate memory recall, and provide unique opportunities for interaction and emotional intimacy. As a recognized health profession, Music Therapy is the use of music-centered experiences between a credentialed professional and a patient to achieve his/her therapeutic goals.
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At Hospice of Palm Beach County, Board Certified Music Therapists utilize music to meet the unique needs of our patients and their families. The music therapist forms a therapeutic bond with the patient and family and offers support from the time of admission through the last moments of life.
Hospice of Palm Beach County also offers a 6-month music therapy internship which is a part of the American Music Therapy Association’s National Roster of Internship Programs.
For additional information about our Music Therapy Program, please contact:
Chelsea Johnson, M.S., MT-BC, LMT, Integrative Therapies Manager, at (561)227-5178 or email cjohnson@hpbc.com.Internship Program
Hospice of Palm Beach County also offers a music therapy clinical internship program to qualified university students. This internship is approved by the American Music Therapy Association and is affiliated with the University of Miami and Florida State University.
Click here for more information on the Music Therapy Internship Program, or contact our Internship Director at (561) 494-6849.
Continuing Education
The Music Therapy department at Hospice of Palm Beach County has been granted "Approved Provider" status from CBMT. This allows us to provide CMTE units to music therapists across the country. We are currently holding guitar coaching workshops on Friday mornings for local music therapists. A 15 CMTE training "Supportive Counseling in Music Therapy" is being held onsite on January 25th and 26th. Click here for details. Register for this workshop online, contact Carla Tanguay, MA, MT-BC, Music Therapy Education Lead at (561) 494-6849 or email ctanguay@hpbc.com to register.
