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Northern Ireland Music Therapy Trust

Training

Training for Healthcare Professionals

We provide training for healthcare professionals to deepen understanding of music therapy, relational practice, communication, emotional wellbeing, and person-centred support across a range of clinical and care environments.

Training for healthcare professionals

Supporting reflective, person-centred, and clinically informed practice

Healthcare professionals work in environments that are often complex, high-pressure, and emotionally demanding. Our training helps staff think more deeply about communication, relational support, regulation, therapeutic engagement, and the role of music therapy within wider care pathways.

Our Training Offers

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Introduction to music therapy in healthcare

Music Therapy in Healthcare Settings

A structured introduction to what music therapy is, how it works, and how it can support patients, families, and teams.

Communication and relational practice

Communication & Relational Practice

Training that explores therapeutic communication, listening, responsiveness, and the relational aspects of care.

Emotional wellbeing and regulation in care settings

Emotional Wellbeing in Clinical Contexts

Helping professionals think more clearly about distress, regulation, containment, and emotionally informed support.

Tailored healthcare training sessions

Tailored Team & Service Training

Sessions designed around your service, patient group, professional team, and the challenges of your setting.

Why Choose Us

Our training combines clinical understanding, therapeutic insight, and real-world experience of working across diverse healthcare and care environments.

Training grounded in real therapeutic practice

Our work is informed by music therapy practice across health, care, and community settings, giving professionals access to insight that is practical, reflective, and clinically relevant.

Therapeutic and clinical training context

Relevant to complex clinical environments

We shape training with the realities of healthcare settings in mind, including communication, distress, family context, staff pressure, and multidisciplinary working.

Reflective and person-centred

Our training encourages staff to think not only about tasks and systems, but about relationship, regulation, dignity, and the lived experience of care.

About Us

Flexible delivery

Available as team teaching, study sessions, service development input, or tailored training packages.

Specialist perspective

Bringing therapeutic and relational understanding into healthcare conversations and practice development.

Designed for meaningful impact

Helping staff leave with clearer understanding, stronger confidence, and more thoughtful practice.

Training Formats

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Team training sessions

Ideal for wards, departments, care teams, and multidisciplinary staff groups.

Short or extended session

Service development workshops

Focused training around specific practice areas, care pathways, or staff development priorities.

Tailored format

Study days and professional development

Longer-form teaching designed to support deeper reflection, learning, and applied discussion.

Half day / Full day
Training shaped around your setting

We tailor sessions to the realities of your team, patients, and care environment.

Whether you want an introduction to music therapy, support around communication, or a deeper focus on emotionally informed and person-centred care, we can adapt training to suit your professional context.

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