World Federation of Music Therapy

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The World Federation of Music Therapy (WFMT) is a Founded in 1985, international non-profit organization for music therapy is based in North Carolina . She is committed to the further development of the profession and strengthens awareness of both the scientific and the artistic side of music therapy. The organization also deals with the ethical issues related to this profession. She also does political work and is committed to ensuring that music therapy is recognized worldwide as a serious and fact-based form of therapy. To achieve this goal, the World Federation of Music Therapy sponsors educational programs and is involved in clinical practice and research. The internationally recognized definition of music therapy, which is still valid today, was established by the WFMT in 1996.

organization

The World Federation of Music Therapy consists of eight sub-regions: Africa, Australia and New Zealand, North America, South America, Southeast Asia, Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Western Pacific. There are also eight specialist areas: education and training, clinical practice, global crisis intervention, publications, research and ethics, accreditation and certification, public relations, and the organization of world congresses.

The management of the organization consists of twenty people who take on this task as volunteers. On the one hand they are functionaries and authorized representatives of the organization, on the other hand they act as regional liaison officers. The executive positions are president, former president, secretary and treasurer and executive staff. The position of regional liaison officers was also created in 2008. They are based in the respective sub-region of the WFMT and are responsible for passing on information relating to the profession. In 2011 a meeting of student delegates was also brought into being.

The Council of the WFMT operates its own website and blog . He also posts podcasts and videos on the Internet and uses social media and emails to communicate with members and publishes annual reports. In addition, the Council of the WFMT organizes symposia, panel discussions and round tables at major international conferences to inform the public about worldwide developments in music therapy and the latest WFMT projects.

history

The association was founded in 1985 during the fifth world congress on music therapy in Genoa , but initial considerations were given as early as 1976 during the second world congress on music therapy in Buenos Aires . A group of American, European, and South American music therapists began at this meeting to draw up plans for unification and standardization for international music therapy. The ten founding members included Rolando Omar Benenzon (Argentina), Giovanna Mutti (Italy), Jacques Jost (France), Barbara Hesser (USA), Amelia Oldfield (UK), Ruth Bright (Australia), Heinrich Otto Moll (Germany), Rafael Rivera Colon (Puerto Rico), Clementina Nastari (Brazil), and Tadeusz Natanson (Poland). In the online journal Voices. you can find anecdotes about the founding, as well as statements about the motivation of the founders. In 1993 the WFMT had members from 13 countries.

World Music Therapy Congress

Since the WFMT was founded, the World Music Therapy Congress has been organized by a member of the WFMT organization in cooperation with a local host. World Congresses take place regularly every three years. The venue changes at every congress. The world congress serves the exchange of specialists and experts from music therapy and related fields from all over the world. Around 1000 people from 45 countries took part in the fourteenth World Music Therapy Congress in Krems .

So far, world congresses have taken place in the following locations:

Web links

  • WFMT (official website)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Angela Harrison: The World Federation of Music Therapy (WFMT). British Association for Music Therapy, 2014, accessed November 28, 2015 .
  2. ^ World Federation of Music Therapy, (2013). About WFMT.
  3. ↑ Lars Ole Bonde, Tony Wigram: A Comprehensive Guide to Music Therapy: Theory, Clinical Practice, Research and Training . 2nd Edition. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2002, ISBN 978-1-84642-349-9 , pp. 29–30 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. ^ World Federation of Music Therapy, (2011): Bylaws (Rev. ed.). (PDF)
  5. ^ World Federation of Music Therapy, (2011): 2011–2014 Organizational Chart.
  6. ^ Wheeler, B. (2010). 5th World Congress of Music Therapy, Genoa 1985: An interview with Giovanna Mutti Calcinai. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 10 (1).
  7. ^ Wheeler, B. (2010). Memories from 5th World Congress of Music Therapy, 1985, Genoa. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 10 (1).
  8. ^ Jacqueline Schmidt Peters: MUSIC THERAPY: An Introduction . Charles C Thomas Publisher, 2000, ISBN 978-0-398-08323-6 , pp. 43 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  9. ^ Krems: World Congress for Music Therapy. Radio Niederösterreich, July 8, 2014, accessed December 4, 2015 .