“This course has lots of practical info to apply. After taking this course, the changes I foresee happening in my professional practice include an increased awareness of popular music adolescents listen to, an increased awareness of adolescents’ perspectives, patience with understanding where they are coming from, increased compassion, and more ideas. Thank you Amanda and all involved for all your time and effort put forth for this course.”

–Nancy Bell, MSW, MT-BC | Estes Park, CO

“I didn’t really have any hesitations prior to taking the course. I was imminently in need of both a refresher, and I knew that, as teen culture changes rapidly, I was out of touch. I enjoyed really getting an inside view of how the instructor made these interventions work. It had some very technical, nuts-and-bolts moments that I found valuable. Amanda’s singing voice and music presentation was pleasant and easy, and made listening to her examples enjoyable.”

–Steven Heineman, MT-BC | Macungie, PA

“Teens can be a difficult population to understand and I feel like Amanda gave great confidence and examples to help everyone feel more comfortable working with this population. I enjoyed the video/audio examples of different interventions she used with her clients. Overall, I enjoyed the course and feel like I have gained useful resources for future sessions.”

–Moreen Bosch, MT-BC | Vero Beach, FL

“After taking this course, I have gained a very thorough list of new songs to learn and use with my teens. In addition, I feel that the mindfulness piece of this course was a good reminder, not just for use with patients, but also for use in my own life to decrease my own anxiety. I enjoyed the instructor’s calm and down to earth presenting manner. Overall, I enjoyed the course!”

–Jessie Habluetzel, MT-BC | Lincoln, NE

“I enjoyed the course very much. As it was my first online course in a while, I can’t think of any way that it could be better. It exceeded all of my expectations. This website is invaluable to me as a music therapist. This site makes it possible to remain certified and learn invaluable tools and skills between conferences. I am so glad to have this resource available.”

–Ellen Whealton, MT-BC | Encinitas, CA

“The course was jam-packed with goals and songs that have been successful with teenagers. The information presented was not only helpful, but easily applicable. The few times I have worked with teens, I didn’t feel too successful and I wasn’t sure how much this course could help with ideas. This course helped me to realize that working with teens is a growing experience for both the client and MT, and I hope I will get the chance to work with them in the future.”

–Chelsi Jones, MT-BC | Logan, UT

“I had no hesitations in taking this course. All of the courses have been excellent and helpful. This course was fun and refreshing. I enjoyed the creative ideas and observing how the instructor incorporated music relevant to adolescents in her practice. I also appreciate the handouts and reference material. I will use them in developing therapeutic interventions with my population.”

–Cynthia Shawcroft, MT-BC | Elk Grove, CA

“I would highly recommend this course to anyone that works with teens. I really did not hesitate to take this course. I am always looking for new ideas and other therapist’s perspectives when working with teens. After taking the course, I plan on using more live music, more songwriting, and am inspired to learn to write raps! This course was fantastic. I think the courses I take seem to get better and better. I have all my CMTE requirements but I feel I will continue to take courses to educate myself because the information offered is so great. Thank you!!”

–Jennifer Hezoucky, MT-BC | Jacobsburg, OH

“Would I recommend this course to others? 100% YES! I was very excited to take this course! TONS of changes are on the horizon thanks to this class!! I have “removed the girdle from my thinking!” Haha! This instructor was fantastic! She offered so many great ideas, tips, and suggestions. I foresee more songwriting, stepping out of my comfort zone to try new things, playing more guitar, learning more about my clients and the music they listen to. This class really helped open up many new ideas to some fresh things to bring to MT with teens. It was great!”

–Amanda Duffy, MT-BC | Wheaton, IL

“I have recently started working with a client who seems to exhibit very similar character traits to what was described in this course. She is a teen, but does not have the same taste in music as the population described. However, I found that many of the goals and songs have given me ideas which I can adapt for this client. I am also at a loss when it comes to popular music and how to adapt it to guitar, so it helped to hear someone adapt these songs successfully. I think that even working in a separate population, it is always possible to run into clients who need help in the same areas as were addressed in this course, so I would recommend this course to others.”

–Julia Young, MT-BC | Fishers, IN

“I would recommend this course to others. I think it was helpful in becoming more comfortable using modern music, especially hip hop and rap music. I really appreciated all of the practical examples. Thank you for the course!”

–Christina de Leeuw, MT-BC | Bloomington, IN

“I really appreciate the online and accessible nature of this course. I also like the goal and objectives based focus of this course. It helped me think more clearly about what I do and why I do it for this particular client group. I would absolutely recommend this course – I don’t know of many courses that focus on Teens & Music. Amanda knows her audience and inspires me to do better in terms of thinking clearly about my goals and objectives for my specific target groups.”

–Jeanette Sears | Ontario, Canada