American Music Therapy Association AMTA Website: Music Therapy Makes a Difference!

American Music Therapy Association, Inc.
8455 Colesville Road, Suite 1000
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, USA
Phone: (301) 589-3300
Fax: (301) 589-5175
Email: info@musictherapy.org

Music Therapy Makes a Difference

The mission of the American Music Therapy Association is to advance
public awareness of the benefits of music therapy and increase access
to quality music therapy services in a rapidly changing world.

 

What is the Profession of Music Therapy?

     

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Music Therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program.

Music therapy interventions can be designed to:

  • promote wellness

  • manage stress

  • alleviate pain

  • express feelings

  • enhance memory

  • improve communication

  • promote physical rehabilitation.

Research in music therapy supports its effectiveness in a wide variety of healthcare and educational settings. For further information, please explore the rest of this site including the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page.


Make a Contribution Today - Donate Online

If you would like to make a charitable contribution that will help make a real difference in ensuring quality music therapy services throughout the United States, consider a gift to AMTA.  Secure online contributions can be conveniently made through Network for Good.  (For information on Network for Good, visit http://www.networkforgood.org/)
 


Listen to our music therapy public service announcement

     


Newest AMTA.pro symposia available: A Therapeutic Collaboration Using Music, Movement and Storytelling and Dr. Aniruddh Patel's 2009 Conference Sears Lecture:
Building Bridges Between Music Neuroscience and Music Therapy

Updates in the Public Policy area

Registration for the 2010 Conference is now open!  See the continuing education agenda, donate to the silent auction, submit to the Research Poster Session and Songwriting contest, and make hotel reservations. Express deadline is August 4th!

Official Preliminary Program for the 2010 Conference

Music Therapy Matters, Vol. 13, No. 2 is now available

Updates to the AMTA Board of Directors and Assembly of Delegates pages

State Advocacy updates in the Public Policy area

Music Therapy Matters Vol. 13, No. 1

AMTA's 2009 Annual Report - see what membership in AMTA supports!

Check out the special feature on music therapy in the April 4th Parade Magazine, "Healing Sick Kids Through Music"

Customized downloadable music for use in music therapy - Two new tracks now available!

AMTA's Early Childhood Newsletter is now Imagine, an online magazine

Help looking for a job or improving your employment in AMTA's Job Center.

Order books, gifts & the new Research Flash Drive in the Products section

Music Therapy in the Media

Emergency Response and Relief Efforts in Haiti - what you can do right now to help

AMTA Sponsored Professional Liability Insurance

 
               
  NOTE: The Member Area of the AMTA webpage is provided as a benefit of membership in AMTA. Current members may access it with a password provided with membership renewal. Please update your membership now to obtain the new password as soon as possible.

 
  In Association with Amazon.comYou can help support the Profession of Music Therapy!
By clicking on the button to the left, 5% of any purchase you make at Amazon.com in the window that opens will go to benefit AMTA and its programs. In association with Amazon.
 
 

AMTA is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and accepts contributions which support its mission.
Contributions are tax deductible as allowed by law.

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Thanks to Kim Stanard for the Music Therapy Public Service Announcement

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