Mental Health

Category of CMTE Classes

Archetypal

Music

Psychotherapy

Explore Archetypal Music Psychotherapy, a depth-based approach that uses creative and expressive processes to support self-exploration and personal insight. Discover a new way to deepen your music therapy work.

6 CMTE Credits
$150

Creative Innovations in Mental Health & Addictions:
A guide to the 12-Steps in Practice

Use practical, music-based strategies grounded in the 12-Step model to support clients struggling with addiction. Expand your intervention and song repertoire while making session planning easier and more effective.

15 CMTE Credits
$375

Mindfulness

and Music

in Clinical Practice

Integrate mindfulness and music into individual and group music therapy sessions. Learn practical techniques to strengthen self-awareness and support clients with symptom management.

8 CMTE Credits
$200

The Keys to Working

with

Difficult Clients

Build trust and rapport with clients even when sessions become challenging. Learn practical techniques to stay present, authentic, and

focused while creating the safety clients need to engage in the therapeutic process.

10 CMTE Credits
$250

Music Improvisation

through a Unique

Psychodynamic Lens

Explore the healing potential of music improvisation through a psychodynamic and multicultural lens. Deepen your understanding of emotional responses to music through experiential activities and group work.

3 CMTE Credits
$75

Verbal Counselling

and Psychotherapy Techniques

for Music Therapists

Strengthen the verbal skills that complement your music therapy work. Learn essential counselling and psychotherapy techniques to help you respond more confidently and effectively during therapeutic conversations.

6 CMTE Credits
$150

DBT &

Music Therapy

Explore DBT-focused courses, resources, and training designed specifically for music therapists.

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DBT 101:

Integrating DBT Into Your Music Therapy Practice for Effective Results!

Get a clear, practical introduction to DBT and how it can enhance your music therapy practice. Explore skills to help clients cope with difficult moments, regulate emotions, and communicate more effectively.

2 CMTE Credits
$50

DBT Practical Life Skills

Reinforced through

Music Therapy

Learn how to use music therapy to teach, practice, and reinforce practical DBT skills. Explore music-based interventions that support mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. Also included in the DBT Essentials Toolkit.

10 CMTE Credits
$250

DBT Essentials

Toolkit for

Music Therapists

Build a strong foundation in DBT while learning practical skills and music therapy interventions you can use with your clients. Get the tools you need to begin thoughtfully integrating DBT principles into your music therapy practice.

23 CMTE Credits
$497

DBT Skills Through Music:

Learning &

Resource Hub

Build your DBT-informed music therapy toolkit one skill at a time with ready-to-use interventions, session ideas, videos, and resources for teaching and reinforcing DBT skills through music.

Also included with:

DBT Essentials Toolkit • 2 months

DBT-Informed MT Training • 1 year

21 CMTE Credits

$490/year or $49/month

DBT Informed MT

Certification

Comprehensive Training Program

Gain the skills, confidence, and ongoing support to thoughtfully integrate DBT into your music therapy practice. This yearlong training combines in-depth learning, music-based DBT interventions, supervision, and consultation as you apply what you learn with your own clients.

100 CMTE Credits

Merging DBT Mindfulness

and Music: A Transformative

Six-Week Program

Get a ready-to-use six-week program for integrating mindfulness and music with your clients. Learn how to facilitate DBT-informed, music-based experiences that support mindfulness and emotional well-being.

8 CMTE Credits
$200

Holding Grief with Music: Music Therapy Interventions and DBT Strategies for Grief, Loss, and Emotional Regulation

Support clients through grief and loss with practical music therapy interventions and DBT-informed strategies. Gain tools to foster emotional regulation, coping, and meaning-making across a range of bereavement experiences.

7 CMTE Credits
$175

Understanding Neurodiversity

and Modified DBT Techniques

in Music Therapy

Deepen your understanding of autism, ADHD, and neurodiversity and how these differences can impact your work with clients. Learn practical ways to adapt DBT skills,avoid unintentional invalidation, and create more responsive, individualized support for neurodivergent clients.

9 CMTE Credits
$97

Songwriting Strategies

for Therapeutic Impact:

Lyric Replacement and DBT

Bring fresh structure and purpose to songwriting interventions using lyric replacement and parody. Learn how to integrate the DBT distress tolerance skill IMPROVE to help clients build practical skills for getting through difficult moments.

2 CMTE Credits
$50

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