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The Three-Level Certificate Training Program in Performance Wellness prepares both music therapy students and professionals to integrate clinically tested music therapy-based wellness and mind-body healing techniques into their work with a variety of clinical populations. Participants are also trained to use these techniques for preventing and treating the stresses associated with performance (on the stage, podium, and In the classroom, boardroom, and treatment room).
This ground-breaking program will revolutionize your music therapy practice - and transform the lives of both you and your clients.
Open to MA level music therapy students and board-certified music therapists (72 CEU’S for completion of three-level program).
Participants will:
- Develop an understanding of the underlying causes of performance –related disorders, i.e. anxiety, injuries, and addictions based on Dr. Montello’s and others’ clinical research
- Demonstrate clinically tested music-based relaxation and breathing techniques for stress reduction
- Demonstrate the use of body-based cognitive restructuring and body-mind centering techniques
- Demonstrate the use of clinical improvisation, musical psychodrama and musical charades as transformational tools in dealing with the emotional issues associated with stage fright and other performance-related disorders
- Experience the use of musical psychodrama in disarming and transforming the “inner critic”
- Learn to integrate stress-reducing creative arts therapy techniques from the disciplines of art, drama, poetry, and movement therapy into the music- based performance wellness context
- Learn a series of simple, yet effective physical exercises to prevent performance-related injuries and maximize creative expression in all performers
- Demonstrate the basics of Assertiveness training for increasing confidence and mastery; and Marshall Rosenberg's "Non- Violent Communication" strategies for conflict resolution
- Learn the symptoms and causes of "Polarized Perfectionism" and demonstrate a group music therapy approach to treating it
Level I and II Registration
2008 Schedule
| Level I | February 1-2 | Berklee College of Music, Boston MA | $350* | Register |
| Level I | February 8-9 | Los Angeles, CA | $350* | Register |
| Level I | February 15-16 | New York, NY | $350* | Register |
| Level I | April 5-6 | San Francisco, CA | $350* | Register |
| Level II | March 28-31 | Honesdale, PA | $600 | Register |
| Level II | May 23-26 | Honesdale, PA | $600 | Register |
| Level III | TBA | TBA | $1500 |
Student discounts available, room and board not included
Continuing Education Credits Available
CBMT 16; National Board for Certified Counselors 16; NASW 10
Please make check/money order payable to:
PERFORMANCE WELLNESS, Inc.
and mail to:
55 West End Ave, Suite S4E, New York NY 10023
Refund Policy: Full refund if you cancel 48 hours prior to first session. There will be no refunds given if you do not show up without giving prior notice.
Cancellations: Performance Wellness, Inc. reserves the right to cancel programs due to insufficient enrollment or unforeseen circumstances. Registrants will be notified by phone within 24 hours prior to the program; full refunds will be issued.
Level I: Two-Day Workshop
Mastering Performance Wellness
Open to music therapy students and practicing music therapists.
- In-depth exploration of underlying causes of performance anxiety, injuries, and addictions
- The use of music as a transformational tool in dealing with the emotional issues associated with stage fright and other performance-related disorders
- Advanced body-mind awareness and stress management techniques
- Stress-reducing creative arts therapy techniques including transformational drawing, poetry, movement, and psychodrama
- A series of simple, yet effective physical exercises to prevent performance-related injuries and maximize creative expression in all performers
- Assertiveness training and Marshall Rosenberg's "Non-Violent Communication" strategies for conflict resolution
- Tools for developing emotional intelligence to optimize performance
Level II: Four-Day Intensive
Teacher Training
Open to music therapy students and graduates who have successfully completed Level I; limited to ten participants.
Recommended for music therapists who want to learn more advanced music therapy and wellness techniques and/or who want to become professionally certified as Performance Wellness Trainers.
- Opportunities to uncover and transform personal performance-related issues in a therapeutic milieu with the support of Dr. Montello and fellow trainees
- Advanced techniques including “Musical Tantra” and “Activating the EMI Giving-and-Receiving Feedback Loop” to treat root causes of performance-related disorders
- Training in psychoneuroimmunology; latest advances in trauma research/treatment models
- Psychodynamic music therapy practicum (supervised training/experience)
- Opportunities to practice-teach one or more of the nine Level I PW modules
Level III: Apprenticeship
Open to MA Level music therapists
The final step for certification in Performance Wellness TM comes with successful completion of an apprenticeship, where the candidate will work as an assistant/co-leader with Dr. Montello on-site while she is working either with a performing group or in a classroom/training situation.
Requirements for Certification
- Successful completion of Level I and II 30 hours supervised field work
- Present three case studies documenting the use of the PW approach in treating individuals with stress-related disorders
- Pass a written test and teaching audition