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MUSIC THERAPY CONTINUING EDUCATION

APPROVED PROVIDERS OFFERING SELF-STUDY COURSES:

ADAWEHI INSTITUTE #P-072
Linda Powell, MM, FAMI
PO Box 1549
Columbus, NC  28722
(828) 859-8351
Email: lindatpowell@gmail.com
Website: http://www.jackiewoods.org/adawehi/index.asp

AZ RHYTHM CONNECTION #P-098

Frank Thompson

8338 East San Rosendo

Scottsdale, AZ  85258

(602) 565-0196

Email: frank@azrhythmconnection.com

Website: www.azrhythmconnection.com

MUSIC WORKS PUBLICATIONS #S-001
Cathy Knoll, MA, MT-BC
1250 Ollie Street
Stephenville, TX  76401
(254) 968-2882
Email: CathyKnoll@MusicWorksPublications.com
Website: www.MusicWorksPublications.com

MUSICWORX, INC. #P-097
Barbara Reuer, PhD, NMT-F, MT-BC
3830 Valley Centre Drive, Suite 705, PMB 542
San Diego, CA  92130
(866) 800-0197
Email: breuer@musicworxinc.com
Website: www.musicworxinc.com

STRESS SOLUTIONS, INC. #P-069
Robert Lawrence Friedman, MA
66-22 Fleet Street, Apt. 3L
Forest Hills, NY  11375
(718) 520-1794
Email: rlf@stress-solutions.com
Website: www.stress-solutions.com 

APPROVED PROVIDERS OFFERING SPECIALTY CMTE COURSES:

ANNA MARIA COLLEGE
INSTITUTE FOR MUSIC AND CONSCIOUSNESS #P-080

Lisa Summer, MCAT, MT-BC, FAMI
Division of Fine Arts, Box 45
Paxton, MA  01612-1198
(508) 849-3454
Email: lsummer@annamaria.edu
Website: www.annamaria.edu/MusicTherapyInstitute

CENTER FOR MUSIC THERAPY IN END OF LIFE CARE #P-092

Russell E. Hilliard, PhD, LCAT, LCSW, MT-BC
1671 Lunt Avenue

Des Plaines, IL  60018

(847) 813-5008

Email: schleb82@hotmail.com

Website: www.hospicemusictherapy.org

MUSIC PSYCHOTHERAPY CENTER OF NEW YORK #P-067
Diane Austin, DA, ACMT, LCAT
19 West 34th Street, Suite 1216
New York, NY  10001
(212) 947-7111, x 299
Email: diane@dianeaustin.com
Website: www.dianeaustin.com

NORDOFF-ROBBINS CENTER FOR MUSIC THERAPY #P-043 
Michele Ritholz, MA, NRMT, LCAT, MT-BC
NYU Steinhardt 
82 Washington Square East, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10003
(212) 998-5777
Email: michele.ritholz@gmail.com
Website: www.steinhardt.nyu.edu/nordoffrobbins

TALLAHASSEE MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE - FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFANT AND CHILD MEDICAL MUSIC THERAPY #P-068 
Jayne Standley, PhD, MT-BC
1331 East 6th Avenue
Tallahassee, FL  32303
(850) 644-4565
Email: jstandle@mailer.fsu.edu
Website: www.music.fsu.edu/NICU-MT/specialized.html


APPROVED PROVIDERS OFFERING GENERAL COURSES, INCLUDING WORKSHOPS, TRAININGS, CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, AND PRESENTATIONS:

ADAWEHI INSTITUTE #P-072
Linda Powell, MM, FAMI
PO Box 1549
Columbus, NC  28722
(828) 859-8351
Email: info@adawehi.org 
Website: http://www.jackiewoods.org/adawehi/index.asp

ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL #P-078
Susan Cotter-Schaufele, MT-BC, Clinical Training Director
Music Therapy Program
Department of Mission & Spiritual Care
1775 Dempster Street
Park Ridge, IL  60068
(847) 723-7265
Email: soozie.cotter-schaufele@advocatehealth.com

AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION #P-051

Elisabeth (Lisa) Swanson, MMT, MT-BC
Co-Chair, Continuing Education Committee
Orchard Manor
8800 Highway 61
Lancaster, WI  53813 
(608) 723-2113, x127
Email: lisamusth@yahoo.com

Victoria P. Vega, PhD, MT-BC
Co-Chair
Email: VPVega@loyno.edu

Website: www.musictherapy.org

AMTA GREAT LAKES REGION #P-021
Nikki Bossenbroeck, MT-BC
8800 Highway 61
Lancaster, WI  53813
(608) 723-2113
Email: vlngrl_29@yahoo.com
Website: www.glr-amta.org

AMTA MID-ATLANTIC REGION #P-065
Tracy Souhrada, MS, MT-BC
40 Seafield Lane
Bay Shore, NY  11706
(631) 665-6157
Email: MusTher513@aol.com
Website: www.mar-amta.org

AMTA MID-WESTERN REGION #P-017 
Ashley Scheufler, MME, MT-BC
6501 West 72nd Street
Overland Park, KS  66204
(816) 820-5387 or (816) 234-3734
Fax: (816) 460-1005
Email: alscheufler@cmh.edu
Website: www.mw-amta.org

AMTA NEW ENGLAND REGION #P-063
Julie Andring, MSA, MT-BC
35 White Road
Northfield, CT 06778-2308
(860) 283-8587
Email: jamusictherapy@optonline.net
Website: www.musictherapynewengland.org

AMTA SOUTHEASTERN REGION #P-024
Becky Engen, PhD, NMT, MT-BC
Assoc. Professor & Director of Music Therapy
Queens University of Charlotte
1900 Selwyn Avenue
Charlotte, NC  28274
(704) 337-2570
Email: engenr@queens.edu
Website: www.ser-amta.org

AMTA SOUTHWESTERN REGION #P-055
Ann Petty, MT-BC
5914 Valley Forge Drive
Houston, TX  77057
(713) 419-9351
Email: ann.petty@earthlink.net
Website: www.swamta1.org

AMTA WESTERN REGION #P-060
Laura C. Jensen Norberg, MM, MT-BC, NMT-Fellow
19953 Center Street
Castro Valley, CA  94546
(720) 937-5789
Email: lcjensen1@gmail.com
Website: www.wramta.org 

THE ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC & IMAGERY #P-042
Maryann Najpaver, Executive Secretary/Treasurer
6003 Dawn Vista Oval
Parma, OH  44129
Office: (440) 886-4299
Fax:  (440) 888-4134
Email: office@ami-bonnymethod.org
Website: www.ami-bonnymethod.org

ATASCADERO STATE HOSPITAL #P-061 
Mary Alvarado, MT-BC
10333 El Camino Real 
Atascadero, CA  93422
(805) 468-2407
Email: MALVARADO@dmhash.state.ca.us 

 

AZ RHYTHM CONNECTION #P-098

Frank Thompson

8338 East San Rosendo

Scottsdale, AZ  85258

(602) 565-0196

Email: frank@azrhythmconnection.com

Website: www.azrhythmconnection.com

BIG BEND HOSPICE #P-085
Jennifer Haskins, MT-BC
Music Therapy Coordinator, Internship Director
1723 Mahan Center Boulevard
Tallahassee, FL  32308
(850) 878-5310, x128
Fax: (850) 309-1639
Email: jennifere@bigbendhospice.org 

THE DAVID HOCHSTEIN MEMORIAL MUSIC SCHOOL #P-100

Wade M. Richards, LCAT, NMT, MT-BC

50 North Plymouth Avenue

Rochester, NY  14614

(585) 454-4596

Email: wade@hochstein.org

Website: www.hochstein.org


DREXEL UNIVERSITY'S HAHNEMANN CREATIVE ARTS IN THERAPY -
MUSIC THERAPY PROGRAM #P-036
Paul Nolan, MCAT, MT-BC, LPC
245 North 15th Street, Mail Stop 905 
Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192
(215) 762-6927
Fax: (215) 762-6933
Email: Paul.Nolan@Drexel.edu
Website: http://www.drexel.edu/cnhp/creativearts

EXPRESSIVE THERAPY CONCEPTS, INC. #P-029 
Eric B. Miller, PhD, MT-BC 
125 Prospect Street
Phoenixville, PA 19460
(610) 933-8145
Email: info@expressivetherapy.org
Website: http://expressivetherapy.org

FRISCH-HARA MUSIC THERAPY STUDIO #P-079
Gary Hara, MA, MT-BC, GCP, LCAT
207 East 84th Street, Suite 206
New York, NY  10028
(212) 517-5818
Email: gmharamtbc@aol.com

GEORGIA COLLEGE & STATE UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC THERAPY #P-083
Douglas Keith, PhD, MT-BC
GCSU, CBX 067
Milledgeville, GA  31061
(478) 445-2123
Email: douglas.keith@gcsu.edu

GLOBE INSTITUTE OF RECORDING AND PRODUCTION #P-082
David A. Gibson
739 Bryant Street
San Francisco, CA  94107
(415) 777-2486
Email: David@SoundHealingCenter.com
Website: www.SoundHealingCenter.com

HEALTH RHYTHMS/REMO #P-073
Alyssa Janney, Manager
REMO/HealthRHYTHMS
28101 Industry Drive
Valencia, CA  91355
(661) 294-5655
Email: ajanney@remo.com
Website: www.remo.com

HOSPICE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY #P-088
Music Therapy Department
Carla Tanguay, MA, MT-BC
5300 East Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL  33407
(561) 494-6849
Email: ctanguay@hpbc.com
Website: www.hpbc.com

ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC THERAPY
 #P-044
Melissa Millermon, MT-BC
70 South Edison Avenue
Elgin, IL  60123
(815) 543-8186
Email: Brigidscross79@yahoo.com
Website: www.musictherapyillinois.org

JOSHUA RAOUL BRODY: SONG IMPROVISATION #P-099
144 Coleridge
San Francisco, CA  94110
(415) 695-9344
Email: mail@jraoul.org
Website: www.jraoul.org

KANSAS CITY METRO MUSIC THERAPISTS #P-096
Andrea Dalton, MA, MT-BC
1311 East 100th Terrace
Kansas City, MO  64131
(816) 868-4053
Email: andrea.dalton@rmhf.ks.gov
Website: www.kcmmt.org

KARDON INSTITUTE FOR ARTS THERAPY #P-076
Christine C. Wineberg, MA, MT-BC
10700 Knights Road
Philadelphia, PA  19114-4242
(215) 637-2077
Email: cwineberg@kardoninstitute.org
Website: www.kardoninstitute.org

LOUISE DIMICELI-MITRAN, MT-BC, FAMI, BME #P-070
Chicago, IL  60614
(312) 409-4858
Email: louise@mitran.com
Website: www.louisedmitran.com

MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY MUSIC THERAPY PROGRAM #P-084
Soo-Jin Kwoun, PhD, MT-BC
School of Health Professions
650 Maryville University Drive
St. Louis, MO  63141
(314) 529-9235
Email: skwoun@maryville.edu

MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY #P-057
Sr. Mariam Pfeifer, MA, LCAT, MT-BC
Marywood University
2300 Adams Avenue
Scranton, PA 18509
(570) 348-6211, x 2527
Email: pfeifer@es.marywood.edu
Website: www.marywood.edu 

MICHIGAN MUSIC THERAPISTS #P-014
Tomoko Page, MT-BC 
3032 Signature Blvd, #D
Ann Arbor, MI  48703
(734) 355-4392
Email: tomokopagemtbc@yahoo.com

MID-ATLANTIC TRAINING INSTITUTE, INC. #P-039
Rhonda Rinker, MM, FAMI
14611 Gildenborough Drive
Midlothian, VA  23113-6023
(804) 828-2684
(804) 794-8219
Email: rhondarinker@yahoo.com
Website: www.members.aol.com/GIMMIDATLANTIC

MOLLOY COLLEGE #P-102
Evelyn C. Selesky, MA, LCAT, MT-BC
PO Box 5002
1000 Hempstead Avenue
Rockville Centre, NY  11571-5002
(561) 678-5000, x 6192
Email: eselesky@molloy.edu
Website: www.molloy.edu

MUSIC MEDICINE INSTITUTE #P-053 
Elizabeth M. Jacobi, PhD, RMT, FAMI
21 Mainsail Crossing
Savannah, GA  31411
(912) 598-2118
Email: ejacobi@musicmedicine.org
Website: www.musicmedicine.org

THE MUSIC SETTLEMENT #P-064 
Lori Lundeen Smith, MT-BC, NMT
Assistant Director/Internship Director
Department of Music Therapy
11125 Magnolia Drive 
Cleveland, OH  44106
(216) 421-5806, ext. 141
Email: lsmith@themusicsettlement.org
Website: www.themusicsettlement.org

MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA #P-052
Danielle Malo, MM, MT-BC
(612) 273-7494
Email:  daniellemalomtbc@gmail.com
Website: www.musictherapymn.com 

MUSIC TOGETHER, LLC #P-090
Carol Ann Blank, MMT, MT-BC 
66 Witherspoon Street
Princeton, NJ  08542
(800) 728-2692
Email: cblank@musictogether.com
Website: www.musictogether.com

NORDOFF-ROBBINS CENTER FOR MUSIC THERAPY #P-043 
Michele Ritholz, MA, NRMT, LCAT, MT-BC
NYU Steinhardt 
82 Washington Square East, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10003
(212) 998-5777
Email: michele.ritholz@gmail.com
Website: www.steinhardt.nyu.edu/nordoffrobbins

OREGON ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC THERAPY #P-074
Susan Osborne, MT-BC
3202 Crestview Drive
Newberg, OR  97132
(503) 538-1606
Email: suemusico@juno.com

THE REBECCA CENTER FOR MUSIC THERAPY #P-071
Jill Lucente, Continuing Education Director
Molloy College
1000 Hempstead Avenue
Rockville Centre, NY  11571
(516) 678-5000, extension 6643
Email: JLucMT@aol.com
Website: www.therebeccacenter.org

SARSEN PUBLISHING CONTINUING EDUCATION #P-101

Bill Matney, MA, MT-BC

1015 Emery Street

Denton, TX  76201

(940) 391-0029

Email: office@sarsenpublishing.com

Website: www.sarsenpublishing.com; www.musictherapydrumming.com


SOUNDING JOY MUSIC THERAPY, INC. #P-087
Keiko Kajiwara, MME, MA, MT-BC
1314 South King Street, #711
Honolulu, Hawaii  96814
(808) 593-2620
Email: kkajiwara@soundingjoymt.org
Website: www.soundingjoymt.org

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT NEW PALTZ #P-075
Caroline Murphy
SUNY at New Paltz Music Dept.
75 South Manheim Boulevard
New Paltz, NY  12561
(845) 257-2708
Email: murphyc@newpaltz.edu
Website: www.newpaltz.edu/music/musictherapy

STRESS SOLUTIONS, INC. #P-069
Robert Lawrence Friedman, MA
66-22 Fleet Street, Apt. 3L
Forest Hills, NY  11375
(718) 520-1794
Email: rlf@stress-solutions.com
Website: www.drumming-event.com 

TOUCH OF MUSIC #P-030 
Phyllis Boone, MT-BC 
1494 North Charlotte Street
Pottstown, PA 19464
(610) 326-0630
Email: pboone1059@comcast.net
Website: www.touchofmusic.com

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY #P-089
Department of Music, Music Therapy
Maureen C. Hearns, MA, MT-BC
Assistant Professor; Director, Music Therapy Program
4015 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT  84322-4015
(435) 797-3009
Email: mhearns@cc.usu.edu
Website: www.usu.edu/areas/music/musictherapy

VILLAGE MUSIC CIRCLES #P-062 
Diana Hull
719 Swift Street, Suite 65 
Santa Cruz, CA  95060
(831) 458-1946
Email: outreach@drumcircle.com
Website: www.drumcircle.com 

Please visit the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC)'s website at www.nbcc.org as an additional resource for approved continuing education courses for MT-BC certificants. Courses which relate to the CBMT Scope of Practice will be accepted by CBMT for CMTE credits.