The aim of this book was not only to provide an overview of the current
situation of music therapy training programmes in Europe, but to also
give detailed insights into the structure and the content of music
therapy training courses in different European countries. Thus, it
literally draws a map of all 119 European music therapy training
programmes, including a detailed table in the appendix of the book with
facts from tuition fees to internet links of every training course. The
detailed portrait of ten selected music therapy training programmes
encompasses the following: Vienna, Austria, Leuven, Belgium, Aalborg,
Denmark, Paris, France, Augsburg, Germany, Ferrara, Italy, Liepaja,
Latvia, Katowice, Poland, Barcelona, Spain, and Roehampton, United
Kingdom. The rationale for the selection was to portray degree
programmes from various countries, covering the three European regions
according to EMTC's organisational structure: North, Middle and South of
Europe. In addition, we strived to include different music therapy
backgrounds, approaches, phases of institutional developments, different
healthcare systems, different status of legal recognition of music
therapy, and so on. Following a common framework, each chapter gives
insights into the theoretical background, admission procedures, and the
structure and content of the particular training programme, focusing
especially on clinical training and internships, musical training,
experiential learning and music therapy self-experience, as well as the
evaluation procedures concerning the quality of teaching. The last part
of the book then offers a conclusion and an outlook by the editors,
summing up and commenting on the synopsis of curricula depicted in the
previous chapters.
