American Music Therapy Association (AMTA)

The mission of the American Music Therapy Association is to advance public awareness of the benefits of music therapy and increase access to quality music therapy services in a rapidly changing world.

Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT)

The mission of the Certification Board for Music Therapists is to ensure a standard of excellence in the development, implementation, and promotion of an accredited certification program for safe and competent music therapy practice.

Center for Biomedical Research in Music

Research at CBRM has pioneered internationally many aspects of the clinical neuroscience of music. Breakthrough discoveries did establish the physiological basis and clinical applications of rhythmic auditory-motor connections in motor rehabilitation for persons with stroke, Parkinson’s disease, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, and other movement disorders. These findings are now clinically applied all over the world.

Music Therapy Research Blog

The purpose of this blog is to provide a resource for the music therapy clinician – where you can find unsolicited information on current research, ways to generalize findings into practice, and tips about maintaining an evidence-based practice. The intent is not to “prove” or “disprove” any one methodology in music therapy – it is to simply present what is found.