Program Recognition
•Bullet: Shenandoah’s music therapy program is the oldest in Virginia and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2025.
Training
•Bullet: The two-year, 33-credit M.M.T. advances clinical practice for board-certified music therapists through distance learning, two intensive campus weekends per semester and continuing faculty mentorship.
•Bullet: Coursework emphasizes music psychotherapy, psychological and verbal processes, anti-oppressive and decolonial practice, critical approaches and community activism.
Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: Nine elective credits may begin Virginia LPC academic preparation through Clinical Mental Health Counseling.
