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Welcome-Why Join IHSM?

IHSM is a member-based professional organization that is focused upon the needs of the individual therapeutic musician to obtain their goals of offering professional therapeutic music. Our ultimate goal is to be able to offer some of the benefits of membership which may include:

Continuing Education Assistance - such as

acting as a central directory for continuing education course opportunities;
recording individual therapeutic musicians’ continuing education credit achievements and continuing education credits;
monitoring practitioners’ continuing education currency.

Therapeutic Music Practitioner Support - such as

requesting grants and initiating research projects;
creating coaching opportunities for practitioners;
responding to legislative and regulatory issues affecting therapeutic musicians;
providing other benefits such as marketing materials, job listings, and professional liability insurance availability.

The NSBTM serves the credentialing and standardization of therapeutic musician training programs, and from an industry perspective now enthusiastically welcomes the efforts of a professional organization that will be supported by its individual therapeutic musician members and thus be empowered to serve their professional needs.

We welcome all certified therapeutic music practitioners to join us as members as well as to support us in achieving our goals. If you have a particular gift you feel you would like to contribute to help us, please be sure to let us know. This is a tremendous opportunity to move our profession forward and to collaborate with each other to accomplish our goals.

We Need Your Membership & Support

Membership Types

You can strengthen and encourage the growth of the therapeutic music community by becoming either a Supporting Member, Professional Member or Sponsor.

Supporting Members

Any and all donations are appreciated and help to support the profession of therapeutic music. We accept any and all donations, and they are tax deductible as a 501 (c)3 non-profit organization.

Professional Members

A donaton of $50 a year entitles you to

Inclusion in the Certified Music Practitioner National Database.
In addition to centralizing your professional credentials, you have access to a listing of approved continuing education unit opportunities that will assist you in being current in the required course work.
Collaborative networking with other therapeutic music practitioners and professionals to present informational programs for outreach to the community and health care professionals.
Organized Zoom chats via phone and/or computer to support you and the therapeutic music community
Access to Scholarship funds available from the Virginia Falk Scholarship Fund for classes as well as CEU opportunities. All upon approval of the Board.

Sponsors

For those who would like to support us in a large way, we reserve the title of "Sponsor" for individuals, groups or organizations who make a one-time generous donation in an amount $1,000 or more.

Hello

Welcome-Why Join IHSM?

We Need Your Membership & Support

Membership Types

Therapeutic Musician Membership

Support our cause with your donation.

Our Board of Directors

Sharon Stoll, BA Psychology, CTHP, President

Mary Jean Etten, PhD, CMP, Vice President

Elle Speed, BA Music Ed., CMP, Vice President

Sherry Nalsen, MA, CMP, Treasurer

Masayo Honjo, MS Biochemistry, CTHP, Reiki Master, Brennan Healing Science Practitioner, Secretary

Judy Ranney, RN, CTHP, Advisory Board Member - East Coast

Joelyn Obermeyer, CTHP, Advisory Board Member - West Coast