Music Therapy (MMT)

About this programme

Our Master of Music Therapy (MMT) is the longest-running graduate music therapy degree in Canada. The philosophy of our program centres around music psychotherapy, clinical musicianship and psychotherapeutic techniques, which are developed through clinical, theoretical and experiential practices. The MMT is offered full time as a two-year program with a one-year option for individuals who hold a Bachelor of Music Therapy. Students in the two-year program are given the opportunity to complete a supervised (unpaid) 1000-hour internship (organized by Laurier) approved by the Canadian Association of Music Therapists (CAMT). Upon graduation they may be eligible to complete the CBMT examination and begin the certification process through the CAMT. Graduates of the two-year-program and graduates of the one-year program (in the music psychotherapy field) may apply to become qualifying members of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). Laurier is the only Canadian music therapy program to be recognized by the CRPO. Within the philosophy of music psychotherapy, our Master of Music Therapy provides a creative learning environment for you to develop your clinical musicianship and music therapy/psychotherapy skills along with the safe and effective use of self through reflexive practices and clinical work. You will learn to conduct both evidence-based and practice-based research. The Master of Music Therapy curriculum is designed to give opportunities for advanced clinical education and the learning of contemporary clinical theories which will lead to the deve