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

supervision, followed by individual supervision for both
students by a trained music therapist) for half a year
(second half of the third year). Deals with "I/Self"-,
"I/You"- and "I/Didactic"problems and ressources.
7. Clinical practice. The students work with clients at in
institution for half a year (fourth year of the program)
under supervision (direct and non-direct). From
unversity they get individual and group supervision in
the same period.
This half year deals with all the earlier mentioned
processes ("I/You" etc.). - In this period the students are
building up an identity as music therapist. The practice
time ends up with an examination where each student
must present a case study and state their way of
understanding music, human beings, music therapy
didactics and make an account of the methods they
have found relevant and the theoretical framework they
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have chosen for their work. This examination is -
together with the masters thesis - the most important
examination of the program.
As you may have noticed the students during the four
years go through a process, where they play a
student/client role during the first two years of the
program. They begin to take turns in student/client- and
student/therapist roles in the third year (in situations
more like roleplay). Nevertheless the first two years of
training and process work influence the third year in a
way, that the students still work with deep personal
processes when they start to work with each other
under direct supervision.
I will now present a music example from my former
individual work with a student client.