COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
MODULE ONE MODULE TWOMODULE THREE
INDEPENDENT STUDY
IHTP 01 - Music Development (and information on HOME STUDY)
Christina Tourin
The course title: Music Development refers to repertoire development, modal improvisation (as bridges to transitioning between the moods of songs), philosophy and scientific research on how sound affects the body, and exposure to technological aids for music enhancement.
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HOME STUDY - begin studying the 10 lessons to prepare for the Program (or for deepening your musical skills if you are unable to travel to take the program). If you are a beginner, we ask that you work with one of our "approved Therapeutic Harp teachers" via Skype lessons. Each lesson takes about one month to complete. Accepted students of the IHTP receive evaluations for each lesson study after submitting a cassette tape, disc or mp3. In order to complete the program, you will be expected to play one repertoire piece and one improvisation (at your own level) in a soft flowing manner. Please fill out our application form to begin this music development process.
The Structure - Courses of Study
Screening Process
In-coming candidates will demonstrate appropriate musical skills, interpersonal skills and suitability for the field of Harp Therapy. Admission decisions are made without discrimination based upon gender, age, race or religious affiliation. Student qualifications are determined by the use of: Questionnaire Application forms, phone interviews, letters of recommendation and/or references, recordings of harp playing and answered application questions as well as personal interviews from workshops. One-on-one discussions with potential applicants gives the program director insight into the potential student’s suitability.
Textbooks
Students will submit book reviews of selected books taken from the Program’s required and suggested book list. This list includes books which cover a broad range of topics, such as: music, healthcare, integrative medicine and healing, the science of sound, topics on death and dying, self-care, and the art of service. A minimum of 12 reports, one-two paragraphs answering the question: “How will the content of this book help me as a harp practitioner?” will be addressed.
The Harp Therapy Manual – Cradle of Sound - is the basic guideline that all students will use for course material. Click here
MODULE ONE
(On-line courses beginning in 2010)
Alexander Technique, Feldenkreis, Qi-Gong, or Eurythmy) and appropriate postures as applied to playing the harp. They will be taught stress reduction techniques and various self-care processes for maintaining optimum physical, mental and emotional health as harp practitioners. On-line study beginning in 2010.
GOAL: Deepening Perceptual Awareness - Emphatic Listening
Students are taught theoretical models, multi-level processes and/or methods to assess and serve a patient. These are based on both scientific and spiritual studies of consciousness and may include, but not be limited to: increasing awareness of self and others through perceptual observation; enhancement of natural sensitivities and empathy; the power of intention; and energetic medicine. The student learns the dynamics of client behavior through non-verbal communication, language patterns and significance of family context. Harp practitioners always recognize and respect diverse spiritual pathways in their work.
IHTP 02 - Understanding the Client in the Helping Process
Dr. Richard McQuellon, Prof. Counseling and Psychology
This workshop presents a holistic model for understanding the dynamics of client behavior within a helping process. Non-verbal communication; understanding language patterns; significance of family context; and utilization of memory, fantasies and dreams will all be used as a means of understanding client behavior in order to support change. Fundamentals of Neural Linguistic Programming and how it relates to harp therapy are introduced.
IHTP 03 - Soul Listening
Dr. Karen Schneider, Doctor of Clinical Hypnotherapy, Master NLP Practitioner,
Reiki Master and Shamanic Counselor
This workshop is a time for personal reflection and integration of the four great questions:
Who am I? What do I love? How shall I live knowing I will die? What are my gifts for the family of Earth?
This workshop will include rituals that will deepen our experience together and will lead us into an understanding why we are being drawn to the work of a Harp Practitioner.
IHTP 04 Alexander Technique, Gi-Gong or Feldenkreis
Our body is our instrument. We are our own instrument. Just as we need to learn how to use our musical instrument correctly, we also need to learn to use the instrument of our body correctly so that we can in turn use it to play our musical instrument. Students will learn to restore the natural patterns of using the body, getting out of the way, and getting rid of the chronic tensions which interfere with free functioning. The more those chronic tensions are out of the way, the easier one's intention can flow through the body into the musical instrument.
IHTP 05 - Hospital Etiquette and Self-Care
Adjunct faculty and Christina Tourin
We will be led in self-care techniques and familiarized with hospital procedures and common reactions to medicines. Students will be taught the importance of proper dress code, cleanliness and good health. Confidentiality laws and related issues, and proper deportment with patients, administrators, other workers and clinicians in the healthcare environment will be addressed.
MODULE TWO
(A travel and experiential module offered in various countries in 2011)
The Awareness Space
Students will learn to develop their senses and critical thinking skills; how to unobtrusively gather information from the environment, colleagues, and the patient, in order to develop an immediate course of action in providing therapeutic music to the patient.
IHTP 06 - Inclusive Attention Workshop
Judith Hitt, RN, Reiki Master, certified Resonant Kinesiology Instructor
Attention by itself is a powerful form of resonance. Inclusive attention is the process of stilling and centering oneself to become aware of both one's own experience and that of the person you are with. Inclusive attention is a meditative state that is multi-dimensional and non-linear. In this workshop you will practice inclusive attention with touch, movement and sound. Release your expectations and open to the unexpected.
IHTP 07 - Living Anatomy Workshop
Judith Hitt
Living Anatomy offers inspiring workshops that introduce the methods and fundamentals of Resonant Kinesiology. Resonant Kinesiology (RK) developed by Susan Borg, is a form of educational bodywork using touch, movement and sound. Resonance is response to vibration and Kinesiology is the study of movement. Learn anatomy from the inside out exploring your body experientially rather than academically. By experiencing the knowledge of your own body, you gain a deeper, more flexible sense of knowing basic human anatomy and physiology. Learn through using mindful touch, movement and sound and become aware of the body and its functions.
uniqueness in the therapeutic music world.
IHTP 08 - Introduction to Reiki - Subtle Energies
Judith Hitt
Reiki is the Japanese word for Universal Life Force Energy. Rei meaning universal, mysterious power, essence and Ki is the vital life force energy. Everyone has Reiki energy, what makes Reiki different from other healing methods is the attunement process. Anyone can lay their hands on another person and help accelerate the healing process by transferring magnetic energy however a person who has been through the process of Reiki attunements has experienced a very ancient technology for fine tuning the physical and etheric bodies to a higher vibratory level. In addition, certain of the energy centers, also known as chakras, are opened to enable higher amounts of Universal Life Force Energy to flow through. Reiki is not a religion, as it holds no creed or doctrine. It is a very ancient science hidden for thousands of years until it was rediscovered in the Tibetan Sutras. Researchers at Stanford, using highly sensitive instruments which measure the flow of energy forces entering the body, determined that Reiki energy enters the healer through the top of the head and exits through the hands. The evidence to date shows very clearly that there is a plasmatic streaming - a release of energy through the bodily system - when blocks are released. Reiki is a wonderful tool to help one develop conscious awareness.
IHTP 09 - On Death and Dying
This workshop will give us insights to what happens when the body stops functioning and what to expect during the time we may be helping patients and their families during the time of transition. Richard will discuss multi-cultural views of the dying process and provide valuable information on "attending" patients and families in the dying process.
MODULE THREE
(On-line courses)
GOAL: Reaching Out To Groups Of People With Harp Therapy
Students will be prepared to provide individualized therapeutic music for patients of many ages and conditions who are receiving healthcare services in institutional settings such as hospitals, clinics, hospices, nursing homes, and out-patient healthcare facilities, as well as those receiving homecare as an extension of rehabilitative, hospice and palliative care.
Students will be oriented to the unique, professional skills required to work in different types of healthcare facilities as part of a healthcare team. They will be taught about accountability and liability issues, policies and procedures, medical and administrative terminology specific to healthcare.
The role of a music therapist is discussed in relation to our role as Certified Therapeutic Harp Practitioners. Many students have pursued a career in Music Therapy as a result of this overview Introduction.
IHTP 10 - Physics of Sound and Acoustics
Barbara Crowe, Music Therapist - MT Dept. Chairperson at Arizona State University
IHTP 11 - Music Therapy In Mental Health Services - Presentations on working with Autistic Children, Children with Cerebral Palsy and Seniors with Alzheimer's Disease
Barbara Crowe, Music Therapist - MT Dept. Chairperson at Arizona State University
The benefits gained from music therapy may fall into broad categories, as widely divergent as developmental, interpersonal, and emotional. For example, some of the therapeutic aims for a person with a handicap may be along primarily developmental lines: to assist physical co-ordination, to develop listening and turn-taking skills, or to extend the span of concentration. Music often provides the motivation for people to participate in a shared activity. They may develop a greater awareness of themselves in relationship to others, while interpersonal skills are enhanced and self-esteem is increased. For a person whose difficulties are mainly emotional, music therapy provides a safe setting where "difficult" or repressed feelings can be expressed. The therapist's musical support encourages emotional release and self-acceptance.
IHTP 12 - Marketing and Music Coordinator Skills
Students will acquire basic business tools including: writing of proposals, invoicing, interview techniques, marketing, networking and employment strategies that are needed to support the successful practice of a harp practitioner.
Our program offers our Planetree Hospital administrations with an additional skill of Music Coordinator. The hospital can be assured that our students are able to work with a multitude of volunteer musicians and where to best place them throughout the healing environment, with the integrative therapies i.e. music with chaplaincy, music with aromatherapy, music with therapeutic touch, music with guided imagery etc. and with the music therapist. Harp practitioners having been taught by music therapists understand the differences in the field and can help identify patient needs.
IHTP 13 - Music Development - Music Theory and Music Application
Improvisation
Balancing Energies with Music Modulations
GOAL: For satisfactory program graduation
Students will be required to play individualized music at an intermediate level of proficiency for the patient circumstances. Candidates must play in tune, smoothly and without hesitation. They will be required to demonstrate proficiency in improvisation and modulation, and have a repertoire of appropriate duration that meets the needs of many different types of patients.
IHTP 14 - Independent Study
With Approved Supervisor
Each student will complete 80 hours of practicum experience under the direction of an approved supervisor. This training may be in specialized areas such as neo-natal, rehabilitation units, stress reduction clinics in business, etc., ( or in some cases, further harp study). The first three modules open many new avenues for the practitioner to explore. This is the opportunity to fine tune skills and knowledge.
Your practicum can be done in your own locale or at San Diego Hospice or Planetree Hospitals worldwide.The International Harp Therapy Program offers a unique training opportunity in collaboration with the San Diego Hospice and Planetree Hospitals worldwide. San Diego Hospice has an integrative palliative care program which includes aromatherapy, oriental medicine and energy therapy. Through its Center for Palliative Studies, San Diego Hospice conducts research in palliative care. 30 hours are required for a certificate from San Diego Hospice.
In addition, we have training centers set up with Planetree Hospitals (see: http://planetree.org ) Students receive room and local transportation in return for their practicum work at these hospitals. Contact our office for more information.
We also have a collaboration with the Music Therapy Department at Arizona State University. Credit towards a Music Therapy Degree at ASU can be earned. The IHTP program serves as Introduction to Music Therapy at ASU. Contact us for more information.
Over the course of the year (or two if you take a more leisurely approach), you will be required to
complete the following:
1. Read and complete 15 book reports - 11 required - 4 of choice (You may begin this before enrolling)
2. Study the 10 Creative Harping DVD's that will take you on a journey of studying the modes, gaining
techniques, learning to improvise and play by ear and leading to the ability to modulate from
mode to mode - i.e. mood to mood while following the patient. (You may begin this study before
enrolling but be sure to ask about the evaluations that are necessary for progressing as a student
of the program. Each lesson submission should include one of the pieces on the DVD and then flow
into an improvisation utilizing at least 2 of the left hand patterns. The piece and the improvisation
should be played as if you were playing for someone who is transitioning. Contact the IHTP office
if you are interested in beginning this process.)
3. Three papers after the three modules (see list of topics that will be covered under course descriptions)
4. 80 hour Independent Study (can be done in your own locale - mentors set up by the IHTP)
5. Two portfolios (one for the IHTP office and one for your personal use) that will house your:
book reports, papers, evaluations of your DVD studies, your Independent Study proposal, journal
entries, mentor's evaluation, pertinent news articles, an exit recording of 33 tunes (3 tunes in each of 11 categories)
plus 6 songs selected to match and balance energies according to the elemental nature of music.
(You can being studying these pieces before enrolling. They are from the Illuminations Book and
you can access the list on the Reading List page of this site.)
6. A committment to attend the bi-annual IHTP conference for continuing education as put forth by
the NSBTM. Attendance to the conference fulfills the 40 hours of CEUs. These conferences will keep you informed of all the new developments in the field. These conferences will now be regional conferences in various countries and different places in the USA. Alternative CEU's can be earned. Visit the Practitioner page and the Download page for CEU guidelines.
7. Graduates and students may also attend the IHTP affiliate programs in Europe, UK, Canada, Australia and Japan. Graduate names appear on our website with indications of the number of PDG's they have attended since their graduation.
8. Graduates may also attend the IHTP current course offerings as a refresher course at a nominal fee.
Upon successful completion of the program, certificate, pin and letters of introduction for job opportunities are provided by the International Harp Therapy Program and IHTP International Affiliates - members of the National Standards Board for Therapeutic Musicians
Your title upon graduation will be: CTHP - Certified Therapeutic Harp Practitioner. You will be accredited under the auspices of the National Standards Board for Therapeutic Musicians.
