Music Psychotherapy Clinical Supervision (MU508, MU610, MU612) F26/W27/S27
About The Position
Successful applicants for the “Music Psychotherapy Therapy Clinical Supervision” position will be eligible to provide supervision in MU508, MU610, and/or MU612. After applicants are hired, Laurier’s Experiential Placements Coordinator will confirm your availability and workload capacity in relation to your own schedule and the overall placement/internship timetable. Supervisors are provided with a course syllabus by the Laurier Experiential Placements Coordinator; the inclusion of a sample syllabus as part of the application process is not necessary. MU508 (Spring), MU610 (Spring), MU612 (Fall-Winter) MU508 and MU610 are full-time clinical placements. MU612 is a one-day-per-week clinical placement. In these courses, students gain clinical experience in music psychotherapy with groups and with individual clients and learn how to sustain collaborative and respectful working relationships with interdisciplinary health care professionals. While demonstrating personal and professional integrity, students learn methods of clinical documentation, participate in professional development activities, and learn how to practice ethically according to relevant professional standards. Students integrate clinical musicianship and other music psychotherapy skills within a music psychotherapy framework in order to structure and facilitate the psychotherapeutic process and to apply the safe and effective use of self with clients. They learn to engage clients according to their demonstrated level of commitment to therapy, facilitate client exploration of issues and patterns of behaviour, and support clients to explore a range of emotions. They learn to adapt their approach when working with culturally diverse clients, communicate in a manner appropriate to clients’ developmental levels and socio-cultural identities, identify and respond appropriately to clients' strengths, vulnerabilities, resilience and resources, and recognize and address possible conflict in a constructive manner. With the help of the clinical supervisor, students learn to respond professionally to anger, hostility, criticism, inappropriate attachment or expression of intense emotions from the client, foster client's autonomy, recognize barriers that may affect access to therapeutic services, assume a non-judgmental stance, and identify culturally relevant resources. These courses are closely linked and integrated with prerequisite/concurrent academic courses. Weekly supervision is provided by Laurier faculty who are qualified and experienced music psychotherapists.
Requirements
- Master’s Degree in Music Therapy or equivalent
- CRPO RP (independent practice status with evidence)
- CRPO supervisor's qualifications
- MTA in good standing with supervision status
- CAMT approved supervisor
- 30 hours supervision course (self-declared)
- 5 years of clinical music therapy experience
- CV
- Cover letter that includes the candidate's training and experience in music-centred music therapy and their philosophy of music therapy practice
- Candidate Application Form (CAF)
Nice To Haves
- Clinical Music Psychotherapy experience
- Record of scholarship
Responsibilities
- Provide supervision in MU508, MU610, and/or MU612.
- Confirm availability and workload capacity with the Laurier Experiential Placements Coordinator.
- Provide weekly supervision to students.
- Guide students in gaining clinical experience in music psychotherapy with groups and individual clients.
- Teach students how to sustain collaborative and respectful working relationships with interdisciplinary health care professionals.
- Instruct students on methods of clinical documentation.
- Facilitate student participation in professional development activities.
- Educate students on practicing ethically according to relevant professional standards.
- Guide students in integrating clinical musicianship and music psychotherapy skills.
- Assist students in structuring and facilitating the psychotherapeutic process.
- Support students in the safe and effective use of self with clients.
- Teach students to engage clients according to their demonstrated level of commitment to therapy.
- Facilitate client exploration of issues and patterns of behaviour.
- Support clients to explore a range of emotions.
- Instruct students on adapting their approach when working with culturally diverse clients.
- Guide students in communicating in a manner appropriate to clients’ developmental levels and socio-cultural identities.
- Help students identify and respond appropriately to clients' strengths, vulnerabilities, resilience and resources.
- Teach students to recognize and address possible conflict in a constructive manner.
- Guide students in responding professionally to anger, hostility, criticism, inappropriate attachment or expression of intense emotions from the client.
- Foster client's autonomy.
- Help students recognize barriers that may affect access to therapeutic services.
- Instruct students to assume a non-judgmental stance.
- Guide students in identifying culturally relevant resources.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
