American Music Therapy Association

Verbal processing is an essential skill for music therapists in many treatment settings, yet it can be difficult to determine the role of verbal skills in music-centered therapeutic processes where therapeutic transformation is explicitly located in the music encounter. Learn about motivational interviewing, an evidence-based verbal process that aligns with music-centered practices by eliciting change talk that, in turn, promotes patient-directed music engagement.

Learning Objectives

1. Participants will identify and define stages of a motivational interviewing process. (CBMT Domain II.B.4.b; II.B.4.j; III.A.3.e; V.A.6)
2. Participants will identify and define aspects and characteristics of music-centered music therapy (CBMT Domain II.B.4.h; III.A.3.e.; III.4.f)
3. Participants will describe how motivational interviewing techniques and interventions can promote music-centered music therapy processes. (CBMT Domain II.B.7; III.A.5.l; III.A.5.r)

Schedule:

• 15 minutes: Provide overview of training; participants will introduce themselves and identify what they wish to receive from the training
• 45 minutes: Explore motivational interviewing processes, including specific techniques, interventions, and guiding philosophy
• 15 minutes: Break
• 45 minutes: Introduce and explore theoretical foundations and practical applications of music-centered music therapy
• 60 minutes: Discuss how motivational interviewing aligns with music-centered music therapy
• 15 minutes: Break
• 45 minutes: Experiential learning using role plays
• 30 minutes: Debrief as a group about takeaways from the experientials
• 30 minutes: Complete training with a summative overview