🎵 Music Therapy Techniques Education 🎵

🎵 Music Therapy Techniques Training – Zagreb 🎵 If you want to learn how to use music as a clinical tool for working with emotions, the body and groups, you are invited to the training “Music Therapy Techniques in Theory and Practice.” The training takes place in Zagreb, from March to June 2025, across 4 full‑day meetings (Saturdays or Sundays) and is designed as a blend of clear theoretical input and rich experiential practice. Research shows that music therapy can help reduce anxiety and depression, support emotional expression and strengthen social connection. Key information (EN) 📌 🗓 Duration: 4 months (4 full days) 🕘 Time: 9:00 – 15:00 📍 Location: Zagreb 👩‍🏫 Trainers: Andrea Krunić & Špela Loti Knoll 🎶 The training is experiential and intended for everyone who works with people, including: mental health professionals professionals in education and childcare healthcare and social care workers group facilitators, trainers and anyone who wishes to understand themselves more deeply through music. No formal musical background is required – curiosity and openness are enough. Professional programmes in music therapy emphasise that non‑musicians can safely use structured techniques if they are properly trained and supervised. 💶 Price: 1000 € (with option to pay in 4 monthly instalments of 250 €) 📩 Applications & info: info@arton.hr What we cover 🎼 Through theory and practice, we explore: 💡 Foundations of music therapy – what differentiates music therapy from “just using music”; main approaches (receptive, active, improvisational) and areas of application 🎧 Music as a regulator of emotions and body states – how music influences arousal, breathing, heart rate and nervous system regulation; using music to calm, energise or support emotional processing 👥 Group‑based music therapy techniques – shared music‑making, rhythmic games, vocal improvisation and receptive activities that build safety, communication and belonging 🧩 Process structure and boundaries – how to introduce, hold and close music‑based processes with different client groups; ethical and professional considerations There is a strong focus on experiential learning: guided exercises, reflection, small‑group work and role‑play (therapist–client) so participants can feel the processes from the inside and then transfer them into their own settings.