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Digital Seminar

Leveraging Our Innate Wiring for Music as an Agent of Healing


Speaker:
Adriana Barton
Duration:
59 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
May 20, 2023
Product Code:
POS059413
Media Type:
Digital Seminar


Description

Attunement to music is so widely shared that the inability to enjoy music of any kind is recognized as a neurological condition (amusia). This workshop will explore the features of music and rhythm that stimulate social and biological processes involved in psychological healing. Musical rhythms, brainwave entrainment and neurochemicals will be discussed in relation to music’s evolutionary role as a “social glue,” demonstrated to increase feelings of trust and interpersonal connection. Participants will learn about how music can double as a cognitive “flexibility primer” and as a portal into experiences of transcendence and awe.  

Credit

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.


Disclosure of Program CoSponsorship

This program was developed through the joint providership of PESI, Inc., Trauma Research Foundation, and The Meadows Behavioral Healthcare.



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NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the online post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). Instructional methods will include PowerPoint, didactic lecture, and others.

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PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for .75 continuing education credits.


Counselors - Kentucky Counselors

CE credit is available. This self-study course consists of 1.0 continuing education credit hours for Kentucky Counselors. The Continuing Education Requirements for the Kentucky Board of Licensed Professional Counselors (201 KAR 36:030 Section 2) state continuing education programs from providers sponsored or approved by a state counseling licensure board shall be approved without further review by the board. PESI, Inc. is approved by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540. PESI maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.


Counselors - Montana Counselors

The Montana Board of Behavioral Health no longer pre-approves any courses or sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for taking courses which contribute to their competence and directly relate to their scope of practice as defined in board statute (MAR 24-219-32). Licensees must keep CE documentation for three years in case of an audit. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of .75 clock hours of instruction.


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PESI, Inc. is an approved CEU provider with the State of Nevada Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors. This self-study activity qualifies for .75 contact hours. Approved Provider # NVCEP2006.


Counselors - South Carolina Counselors

This self-study program has been approved for .5 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.


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Social Workers - Florida Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for .75 continuing education credits. 


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PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 159-000154. Successful completion of this self-study activity qualifies for .5 contact hours.


Social Workers - Kansas Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board. Provider #14-006. This self-study course has been approved for .5 continuing education hours.


Social Workers - Montana Social Workers

The Montana Board of Behavioral Health no longer pre-approves any courses or sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for taking courses which contribute to their competence and directly relate to their scope of practice as defined in board statute (MAR 24-219-32). Licensees must keep CE documentation for three years in case of an audit. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of .75 clock hours of instruction.


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Psychologists - California Psychologists

CE credit is available. This self-study course consists of .5 continuing education credit hours for California Psychologists. The California Department of Consumer Affairs Board of Psychology recognizes and accepts for continuing education credit courses that are specifically applicable and pertinent to the practice of psychology and by entities approved by the ACCME (Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education). This enduring material is certified for a maximum of .5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ by PESI as an accredited ACCME provider authorized to award credit by the AMA. PESI, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.


Psychologists - Florida Psychologists

PESI, Inc., is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Psychology.Provider Number #50-399.This product qualifies for .9 self-study continuing education credits.


Psychologists - Kentucky Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology to offer continuing education for psychologists, approved provider #202312H. PESI maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This self-study activity will qualify for .5 contact hours.


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Physicians: PESI, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of .5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of PESI, Inc. and Trauma Research Foundation; The Meadows. PESI, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This activity was originally recorded on 5/20/2023. It was last reviewed on 5/2/2023 and is valid until 05/02/2026.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 


Psychologists: The following state psychologist boards recognize activities sponsored by PESI, Inc. as an approved ACCME provider: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Wisconsin. This activity consists of .5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. You are required to successfully complete and submit a post-test prior to receiving a certificate of completion.


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Marriage & Family Therapists - Florida Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for .75 continuing education credits.


Marriage & Family Therapists - Illinois Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the State of Illinois, Department of Professional Regulation. Provider #:168-000156. Full attendance at this self-study activity qualifies for .5 credits.


Marriage & Family Therapists - Montana Marriage & Family Therapists

The Montana Board of Behavioral Health no longer pre-approves any courses or sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for taking courses which contribute to their competence and directly relate to their scope of practice as defined in board statute (MAR 24-219-32). Licensees must keep CE documentation for three years in case of an audit. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of .75 clock hours of instruction.


Marriage & Family Therapists - Nevada Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. is an approved CEU provider with the State of Nevada Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors. This self-study activity qualifies for .75 contact hours. Approved Provider # NVCEP2006.


Marriage & Family Therapists - South Carolina Marriage & Family Therapists

This self-study program has been approved for .5 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.


Marriage & Family Therapists - Texas Marriage & Family Therapists

This self-study activity consists of .5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists no longer approves programs or providers. PESI activities meet the continuing education requirements as listed in Title 22 of the Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 801, Subchapter K, Section 801.264 Types of Acceptable Continuing Education. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.


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Educators, Teachers & School Professionals - South Carolina Psycho-Educational Specialists

This self-study program has been approved for .5 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.


New York Creative Art Therapists

PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Creative Art Therapists. #CAT-0087. This self-study activity will qualify for 1.0 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.


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Speaker

Adriana Barton's Profile

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Adriana Barton is a journalist specializing in health research and the author of Wired for Music: A Search for Health and Joy Through the Science of Sound (Greystone Books, 2022). A former health reporter at Canada’s national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, she has written about medical research, neuroscience, visual arts, architecture, music and pop culture for publications including the Boston Globe, Reader’s Digest, Utne, Azure, Western Living and San Francisco Bay Guardian. She studied the cello for 17 years with teachers including international solo artist Antonio Lysy and former Cleveland Orchestra principal cellist Stephen Geber. Research projects have taken her to Syria, Jordan, India, Cuba, Zimbabwe and Brazil. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Adriana Barton receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Adriana Barton has no relevant non-financial relationships.

 


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Objectives

  1. Use brief statements to easily convey what the attendee can expect to learn/gain from the day 
  2. Include a clear reference to techniques/interventions/clinical application related to your topic 
  3. Include acknowledgement of the limitations of the research and any associated risks of the approach/modality you are presenting. This can be as simple as “Limitations of the research and potential risks”

Outline

Live music demonstration: 

  • Participants will learn – through samples of live music – how different tempos and musical characteristics stimulate specific arousal and affective states in addition to brain chemicals (e.g. dopamine), in ways that can be leveraged in therapeutic settings. 
  • This discussion of musical characteristics will refer to the “iso principle” – a music therapy technique in which the practitioner uses music to match the mood or heart rate of the client (“meeting clients where they’re at”) before gradually adjusting the tempo and other musical features to bring the client to the desired mood and/or physiological state. 
  • While the “iso principle” has been widely studied, individual responses to this approach may vary. Limitations include small sample sizes used in controlled experiments (including this 2021 study) and the potential to trigger distressing memories if practitioners unwittingly play music that has strong negative or traumatic associations for clients. (Prior conversations with the client about musical associations and/or using generative or improvised music as alternatives can reduce the risk of negative outcomes.) 

Facilitated rhythmic activity: 

  • Through a group rhythmic exercise, participants will gain understanding of simple techniques that encourage coordinated motor movements (“interpersonal rhythms”) and brainwave entrainment, known to improve mental states and foster feelings of social connection among strangers in nonverbal ways. 
  • In therapeutic contexts, group drumming is emerging as a rhythmic intervention for mental health clients and youth who have experienced trauma, including African refugees. 
  • Limitations of rhythmic exercises in people experiencing trauma may include negative self-concept among clients (e.g. “I can’t do this – I have no rhythm”) as well as the need to consider culturally appropriate exercises (not all clients will relate to African djembe drumming, for example). 

Discussion of music in relation to psychedelic therapies and transcendent states: 

  • Participants will learn about the role of music in amplifying the effects of hallucinogens such as psilocybin, and how music serves as a “hidden therapist” in emerging psychedelic therapies.  
  • Participants will gain an understanding of how listening to rhythmic music (without hallucinogens) can stimulate non-ordinary states of states of consciousness (trance). Music may serve as a “flexibility primer,” offering new possibilities to clients imprisoned in feedback loops of emotional and physiological suffering.  
  • Participants will learn about the emerging understanding of music as a portal to experiences of wonder, transcendence and awe – and growing research linking these states to increased well-being and psychological healing.   
  • Limitations: musical interventions for achieving transcendent states (with or without psychedelics) remain in the experimental phase in therapeutic settings. Similarly, music as a cognitive “flexibility primer” remains a hypothetical framework for psychological healing. 

Further notes: 

  • Music listening activates the brain’s pleasure and reward pathways, stimulating neurochemicals that offer downstream benefits in the treatment of acute anxiety, clinical depression, stress and physical pain.  
  • The unifying effect of rhythm and song in large groups of individuals, regardless of familiarity, makes music a potential modality for addressing the “frozen separation from others” identified by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk as a signature feature in trauma.  
  • Similar to psychedelic agents such as psilocybin, rhythmic music can induce transcendent and non-ordinary states of consciousness, offering hypothetical benefits to clients who experience themselves as imprisoned in feedback loops of emotional and psychological suffering.   

At the end of this talk, participants will be able to show they can:  

  • Employ tailored musical strategies to clients needing temporary relief from symptoms of acute anxiety and depression. 
  • Integrate facilitated musical activities (e.g. group drumming or singing) into treatment plans for clients experiencing social isolation.  
  • Evaluate the potential benefits of guided music listening (especially rhythmic music) as a catalyst for embodied experiences and transcendent states that may offer clients an alternative to chronic distress.

Target Audience

  • Art Therapists
  • Counselors
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Nurses
  • Physicians
  • Psychologists
  • Social Workers

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