23.7. 1993 Vitoria-Gasteiz / Spain - World Federation of Music Therapy

Aalborq Universitv (DK).
The Master Program in Music Therapy at Aalborg
University (Kandidatuddannelsen i musikterapi) is a four
year fulltime training program. I now quote from the text
edited in Cheryl Maranto "Music Therapy - International
Perspectives" Jeffrey Books 1993. Pennsylvania, USA.:
The program is: "within the Faculty of Human Science,
Institute for Music and Music Therapy at this University.
From 1982 - 89 the program was established on an
experimental base. In 1989 this experiment was
evaluated and recognized; The same curriculum is
currently used. Because the program is run by the state,
the program is automatically recognized and its
graduates are awarded the title, "Kandidat i
musikterapi". They are allowed to practice music
therapy either independently or as part of a treatment or
teaching team (where the team represents a joint effort
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in the treatment of a client or group of clients). The last
statement are quoted from the Curriculum. The
psychodynamic and/or psychoanalytical understanding
of musical communication and the therapeutic
relationship forms the basis of training. Students, as
part of their training are required to participate in group
and individual therapy for three years. They are
exposed to a wide variety of techniques and methods,
and an emphasis is placed on active music therapy and
improvisation. In addition, receptive methods e.g.
Guided Imagery and Music are presented.
The theoretical basis for the music therapy program are
dynamic psychiatry, psychoanalysis, developmental
psychology, object relations theory, metatheory, and
theories of science. The program prepares the students
for practice and research in music psychotherapy. This
means that there is an emphasis on the client's
psychological problems, irrespective of other