Music Therapy
Let your care team know if you're interested in music therapy services during your stay.
Board Certified Music Therapists at Wolfson Children’s Hospital provide coping and care to children and families through music-based interventions.
Let your care team know if you're interested in music therapy services during your stay.
Music therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship. This is done by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program.
By easing stress, perceived pain and hospital-induced anxiety, music therapy helps children gain a sense of control and provides the tools to process their experiences in the hospital environment.
Our music therapists are active members of the health care team working throughout the hospital in PICU, NICU, Hematology and Oncology, Behavioral Health and more. They are certified through the Certification Board for Music Therapists (MT-BC) and have a minimum of a bachelor's degree in music therapy specializing in music's impact on physical, emotional, mental and social needs.
Learn more about one of our music therapists here.
Wolfson Children’s Hospital is committed to providing a quality learning experience to students preparing for a career in music therapy. Our 1040-hour internship includes clinical experience in the PICU, CVICU, NICU, hematology and oncology, behavioral health and acute floors. Interns will gain an understanding of the impact of hospitalization on the psychosocial and developmental needs of children by working with patients who are hospitalized for a variety of acute and chronic diagnoses. Interns will also develop skills in assessment, treatment goals, procedural support and teaching, documentation and family support.
Our internship is designed to facilitate the student’s professional growth by participating as a member of an interdisciplinary healthcare team. Interns will be required to complete basic assignments throughout the internship and will assume increasing responsibility for planning and implementing interventions as the internship progresses.
If you are interested in the music therapy internship, please click here for detailed information. Wolfson Children’s Hospital is not accepting applications at this time.
Let your care team know if you're interested in music therapy services during your stay.