Certified Harp Therapist & Certified Master Harp Therapist

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The BEDSIDE HARP Certified Harp Therapist and Certified Master Harp Therapist programs! These dynamic, transformative programs each include a 120-hour mentored internship which may be completed at one of our host hospitals (including Abington Memorial Hospital in Abington, PA; Eastern Regional Medical Center at Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Philadelphia; Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton, and Rahway, NJ; The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ; and Saint Claire’s Hospital in Denville, NJ) or at any pre-approved medical facility.

If you complete 80% or more of your internship at one of our host hospitals, you will receive the special designation of Hospital-Certified. If you complete 50% or more, you will receive the designation of Hospital Intensive. If you work in one of our host hospitals twenty hours per week for 2 consecutive weeks, you will receive the designation of Internship Intensive.

The first level of certification (Certified Harp Therapist) consists of 310 hours: Modules I through IV, consisting of 134 hours of classroom training, a 36-hour online course on ethics, Module V, consisting of a 128-hour internship and 12 one-on-one contact hours. At registration, tuition for two modules will be due: Module I, to be paid directly to the college; and Module V, for which you will be billed directly by BEDSIDE HARP.

Completion of all of the above is required for the Certified Harp Therapist designation. The Mastery level requires completion of an additional 185 hours including two additional modules: Module VI, a 120-hour internship (payable directly to BEDSIDE HARP) and Module VII, a 17-hour classroom module (payable to the College).

In addition to the classroom and internship portions of both levels of the program, there are required
readings, journaling, recordkeeping and other written and oral assignments, as well as repertoire development and a final review. Certification renewal is required every three years after graduation and involves verifying having played in a therapeutic setting for a minimum number ofhours, completion of a minimum number of continuing professional units (CPU’s) and a nominal certification renewal fee (currently set at $50).

Prerequisite: Admission by permission of the instructor. An interview by instructor and your submission of an audio tape or CD in which you play ten simple tunes are required.

All sessions will be held in the Bedside Harp Great Room, 6318 Neshaminy Valley Drive, Bensalem, PA/$700 per module (plus one-time materials fee of $100 payable to the instructor) Please note: Payment for Module I to Bucks County Community College due at registration/Team-taught: Led by Edie Eileen Elkan, MA, Hospital-Certified Master Harp Therapist.

Spring 2012

Module I:  To Soothe The Savage Breast
WSMCE 4005 CA1/  4/19-4/22

Module II: Glimpses Within
WSMCE 4006 CA1/ 5/17-5/20
*Module III: Working with the Depressed, the Seriously Ill and the Dying
WSMCE 4007 CA1/ 6/20-6/24
*different schedule: W, F, & Su, 9 am-5 pm; Th & Sa, 9 am-9 pm

Module IV: Creating Work for Yourself
WSMCE 4004 CA1/ W-Sa, 9/13-9/16\

Summer 2012

Module I:  To Soothe The Savage Breast
WSMCE 4005 CA1/ Mon-Th, 7/9-7/12,
9 am-5 pm (Wed, 9 am-9 pm)

Module II: Glimpses Within
WSMCE 4006 CA1/  Mon-Th, 7/16-7/19,
9 am-5 pm (Wed, 9 am-9 pm)

Module III: Working with the Depressed, the Seriously Ill and the Dying
WSMCE 4007 CA1-CA2/
CA1/ Wed-Su, 6/20-6/24 (Wed, Fri, & Su, 9 am-5 pm; Th & Sa, 9 am-9 pm)
CA2/ Wed-Su, 8/1-8/5 (Wed, Fri & Su,
9 am-5 pm; Th & Sa, 9 am-9 pm)

Module IV: Creating Work for Yourself
WSMCE 4004 CA1/ Th-Su, 9/13-9/16,
9 am-5 pm (Sa, 9 am-9 pm)

For more information on Hypnotherapy and Certified Harp Therapist & Certified Master Harp Therapist contact Joan Christianson at (215) 258-7741 or christia@bucks.edu