Bedside Harp

Harpists who wish to pursue a career in healthcare are invited to begin their professional training with us.  Our Certified Harp Therapist (CHT) and our Certified Master of Harp Therapy (CMHT) offerings, which ran from 2002-2016 as college-based programs, and since 2017 have been accredited by the National Standards Board of Therapeutic Musicians (NSBTM) are now presented 100% online in real time.  They are designed to train adult harpists and harpers to work as healthcare professionals in a variety of medical and wellness settings including acute care and behavioral health hospitals, hospices, long-term care facilities, assisted living, memory care, cancer centers, dialysis centers as well as doctors’ and dentists’ offices. 

Our mindfulness-based, team-taught CHT level iconsists of 85 classroom hours divided into four modules,  12 additional hours of music and repertoire development, a 130-hour closely mentored internship, 13 one-on-one contact hours with a mastery level certified harp therapist, and a 12-week, 36-hour online course, “Conversations on Ethics for Therapeutic Musicians.” Additional requirements include repertoire and improvisation development, completion of a practicum project, as well as assigned readings, viewings and writings. 

To achieve the level of Certified Master Harp Therapist (CMHT) one must have met all of the requirements for the CHT and have taken an additional 200 hours of studies consisting of a 120-hour mastery level supervised internship, 12 one-on-one contact hours, our 12- week, 48-hour online advanced level course, “Conversations on Research for Harp Therapists,” and Module IX, online (in real time) 20-hour workshop/retreat on “Harp Therapy as a MindBody Modality.”  Additional requirements include repertoire and improvisation development, assigned readings and writings, as well as a final practicum project presented both in writing and orally.