CBMT Music Therapy Theory and Foundations 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Analytical Music Therapy (AMT), developed by Mary Priestly, is primarily grounded in:
- Behavioral conditioning
- Psychoanalytic theory (Correct answer)
- Neurologic rehabilitation
- Systems theory
Correct answer: Psychoanalytic theory
AMT integrates psychoanalytic concepts, using improvisation to explore unconscious material and promote psychological insight.
Question 2: The concept of 'music as therapy' versus 'music in therapy' refers to:
- Using live vs. recorded music
- Music itself being the change agent versus music supporting verbal therapeutic work (Correct answer)
- The therapist's level of training
- Client age differences
Correct answer: Music itself being the change agent versus music supporting verbal therapeutic work
'Music as therapy' means music itself drives change, while 'music in therapy' means music supports a primarily verbal or relational therapeutic process.
Question 3: Which music therapy model is most associated with behavioral theory?
- GIM
- Nordoff-Robbins
- Behavioral Music Therapy (Correct answer)
- Analytical Music Therapy
Correct answer: Behavioral Music Therapy
Behavioral Music Therapy applies operant conditioning, reinforcement, and learning principles to change target behaviors using music as a contingency or reinforcer.
Question 4: The AMTA definition requires that music therapy services be provided by:
- Any licensed counselor
- A credentialed music therapist with the MT-BC credential (Correct answer)
- Volunteers with musical talent
- Physicians with music training
Correct answer: A credentialed music therapist with the MT-BC credential
AMTA specifies that music therapy must be delivered by a qualified professional holding the MT-BC credential from CBMT.
Question 5: Resource-Oriented Music Therapy emphasizes:
- Diagnosing pathology through music
- Identifying and mobilizing client strengths and resources toward health (Correct answer)
- Measuring neurological biomarkers
- Prescribing pharmacological interventions
Correct answer: Identifying and mobilizing client strengths and resources toward health
Resource-Oriented Music Therapy, developed by Even Ruud and Randi Rolvsjord, focuses on client strengths, empowerment, and positive possibilities.
Question 6: A music therapist applying a humanistic framework would PRIMARILY focus on:
- Conditioning desired behaviors through music
- The client's inherent capacity for growth, self-determination, and meaning-making (Correct answer)
- Neurological rehabilitation protocols
- Standardized behavioral outcomes only
Correct answer: The client's inherent capacity for growth, self-determination, and meaning-making
Humanistic music therapy prioritizes client autonomy, dignity, self-actualization, and the therapeutic relationship as central to healing.
CBMT Music Therapy Theory and Foundations 2
Analytical Music Therapy (AMT), developed by Mary Priestly, is primarily grounded in: