Curious and inspired.

This week, I have been feeling a large dosage of inspiration. Being in Germany, I have the urge to practice my musician skills much more when compared to being back home in Miami.

I'm not sure if it's because German music therapy students and how often they practice or if the realization that I am in the same country where the majority of my favorite composers were born, studied, and composed their works.

I have also been considering possibly doing my Master's here in Germany. This thought has been in my head since observing the Master's students mock session on eating disorders on Wednesday. I was incredibly interested on how a session is conducted and questions were formed on how they are organized and planned.

Coming from an NMT background (Neurologic Music Therapy) there isn’t much exposure to the psychotherapy approach. Of course we take the generic Abnormal Psychology class, Music in Psychotherapy, and experiences in practicum.

Based on this observation on the mock session, there is speculation that German music therapy has a psychodynamic approach, working with the mental health population. However, I feel that it resembles my school, where you are taught one method of music therapy and apply it with any population you encounter.

This leads me to wonder if it’s possible to combine different “School’s of Thoughts” in music therapy so the client can work with a variety of clients with different approaches and educational background.

I am interested on hearing the German music therapy students on Tuesday for their view on music therapy, how they plan their sessions, and what brought them to this interesting field.