Guest Speaker Series: Music Therapy 101: Your Musical Diet

Sunday, June 28, 2020 - 4:00pm-6:00pm EDT

Live Webinar

Sunday, June 28, 2020, from 4-6pm (EDT)

2 CEU for LMSWs, LCSWs, and LMHCs

This presentation outlines the basic premises of music therapy, its history, training requirements, techniques, and therapeutic value to be used in a general way with individuals and group settings.

Join the SWEET Institute and Shoshana Averbach, LMSW, and in this webinar:

Participants will learn the difference between music therapy/music therapist and recreational music; the inherent therapeutic value of music and training of a music therapist, assessment, goal planning.
Participants will learn several music-therapy techniques such as vocal and musical improvisation, lining out songs, music and movement.
Participants will learn about and experience (time permitting) music therapy in the form of dance, reminiscence, speech, improvisation.
Participants will learn about music-therapy applications in a general way that they can adapt with their specific clientele and in their personal lives.

Here's what our attendees are saying about SWEET Webinars:

“I liked that he presented in understandable terms and that he was extremely knowledgeable about the topic.”

- Mary Grace, LCSW-R

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- Susan, LMSW

"Provided a roadmap for practice."

- Delores, LMSW

Shoshana Averbach, LMSW

Shoshana Averbach, LMSW, MA, MT-BC, LCAT, CDP, CCM, Accredited Healer earned master’s degrees in music therapy and social work from NYU and Yeshiva University, respectively, and certifications as a Certified Dementia Practitioner, Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, Board-Certified Music Therapist, Case Manager, and accreditation as a healer through the Jewish Association of Spiritual Healers. For over 35 years, she has worked with primarily geriatrics as a social worker, music therapist, and recreation leader in nursing homes, hospice, short-term rehabilitation, dementia, senior center, home care. She has performed in over 85 geriatric facilities. She has studied numerous healing modalities and offers them to her clients for self-healing when appropriate. She produced two CDs of original, healing songs and musical compositions: The Time Is Coming (2011) and I Reclaim My Heart (2015). Shoshana currently works as a social worker in home care and performs in nursing homes in the NYC area. For more information, see her website, www.healingnotes.com.

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Mardoche Sidor, MD & Karen Dubin, PhD, LCSW

Mardoche Sidor, MD, is a Harvard-trained Quadruple Board Certified Psychiatrist, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University, School of Physicians and Surgeons, trained in and taught all major psychotherapeutic modalities, including and not limited to CBT, DBT, Family Systems, and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. He is also the author of 11 books including Journey to Empowerment, Discovering Your Worth, The Power of Faith. and, The Art of Living. Dr. Sidor has worked both as a primary care physician and Medical Director in three different settings, including a Chief Medical Officer of the Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES). He is a main facilitator for the SWEET Institute. His 11th book, entitled, NLP for Clinicians is now available to the public.

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