/ Short Courses /
Start date:
July 2025
Places:
Places are awarded on a 'first paid first serve' basis due to demand
Cost / delivery:
£745 / on-campus
5 days (21 – 25 July)
Learn the improvisation techniques used in music therapy and encourage exploratory thinking about the emotional qualities of music.
Our summer school will give you the opportunity to experience an intensive five-session experiential class, and involves direct experiential learning about the Music Therapy MA Programme at the University of Roehampton.
Course structure
Over five days, this course will give you an insight into music therapy practice, introducing a wide range of subjects which will give you a comprehensive introduction to the profession of Music Therapy.
The course will also utilise case material to show work in a range of clinical settings, and will link these with the psychological theories which underpin clinical practice. An overview of the types of challenges affecting clients who benefit from music therapy will also be covered.
Details
You will be encouraged to use the course as a platform for reflecting on your own experiences and expectations of music therapy as a career option, and will have the opportunity to share this with others.
Tutors
Tina Warnock
Online Tutor
Tina qualified as an HCPC Registered Music Therapist in 2000, following a BA Hons in Social Psychology from Sussex University in 1992, and several years writing and performing her own music..
She has extensive music therapy experience with children, young people, and adults with learning disabilities, autism, complex needs, emotional and behavioural difficulties and challenging behaviour.
This includes 7 years in the NHS for a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service and Child Development Centre in London, twelve years at a Special Needs School, two years in Elderly Mental Health, and one year in Adult Learning Disability Services.
Tina currently runs the the Belltree Music Therapy Centre in Brighton which she set up in 2008 alongside her clinical supervision practice and is a visiting lecturer on the MA Music Therapy course at Roehampton University. Her special area of interest is in voice work.
Mary-Clare Fearn
On-campus Tutor
Mary-Clare Fearn is an experienced Music Therapist who has a broad range of experience working predominantly with children in the NHS and education.
She has for many years been involved in training at introductory and MA level, and following her relocation to Dorset, continues to provide training for the University of Roehampton.
Since qualifying as a Music Therapist from Roehampton in 1990, Mary-Clare has gained extensive experience of working with adults and children who have a wide range of learning, emotional and physical disabilities. She enjoys working with students and has run introduction to music therapy courses and training days for a number of different organisations.
She is a registered supervisor with the British Association of Music Therapists and part of her practice is supervising other music therapists. She is also registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
