More training places for music therapy
The German Music Council and the German Music Therapy Society are calling for more training capacity in the field of music therapy.
Due to the stress caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine, the Music Council writes, mental and psychosomatic disorders have increased significantly, as numerous recent studies have shown. Music can have a positive effect on body, mind and soul and therefore create a connection between people without words - especially in professional music therapy dealing with the emotional suffering of refugees.
However, although the German Rectors' Conference has now recognized music therapy as a "minor subject", thus underlining its relevance, training capacity for music therapy is very limited: Currently, only seven universities in Germany offer a music therapy course with a Bachelor's or Master's degree.
