Music Therapy in Hungary – The life of

Hungarian Music Therapy Association

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Research

Composers Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, who researched Hungarian folk music and revealed it to Hungarians and the rest of the world in the first half of the 20th century

Kodály’s Concept of Music Teaching and its Effect on Linking Music and

Therapy Introduce music to

the field of special needs

Self-expression

Transformative effect Reformed music

education system Making music accessible

to everyone

Field of special needs

Kodály’s idea about making music accessible to everyone inspired many musicians and music teachers to introduce music to the field of special needs

They have used the Ulwila method

Klára Kokas

Kodály follower Klára Kokas Children moved to

music Singing folksongs Relaxing position Improvise movements

and transform into different imaginary beings

Dance in the group or dance a solo

Share their experience

The Beginnings of Music Therapy in Mental Health

Using music integrated into the therapy process in psychiatry started in the late 60’s

Dr. Ildikó Konta’s musical painting

Games in therapy

Composer László Sáry used creative musical games

Games required concentration, listening, enabled the patiens to experience order, togetherness and creativity

One of the next guests in Balassi Institute

The development of the profession

The first meeting of professionals in 1980

Conferences and workshops organised at the Institute of Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Music Therapy category was formed within the Hungarian Psychiatric Association in 1986

New connections abroad

1989, music therapists from outside Hungary

Heinrich Moll, Miklós Buzási, Dr.Gregorio Tisera, Gabriela Wagner, Attila Missura, Kimmo Lehtonen, and Eva Mees-Christeller

Two Hungarian music therapy associations

Albert Schweitzer Music Therapy Association in Pécs was founded by Attila Sasvári in 1992

Hungarian Music Therapy Association was founded by Ildikó Konta and chaired by Katalin Urbán Varga in 1994.

Training Courses

In 1992 the first post-graduate course took place in Pécs at the Liszt Academy of Music in cooperation with the Medical School of Pécs

The three year post-graduate course was running from 1992 until 1996 when an accreditation process to comply with EU regulations began

The program was relaunched in 2003 as a 2.5 year post-graduate part-time arts therapies in Pécs

Additional two year post-graduate part-time music therapy training in Budapest

Music therapy training course at the Special Needs Faculty of the Eötvös University in Budapest

From 2003, led by Dr. Ildikó Konta Katalin Urbán Varga Dr. Anna Fekete. Prof. Hans Helmut

Decker-Voigt from Germany, helping music therapy gain recognition in postcommunist countries

The Post-graduate Education in Budapest

At Eötvös Loránd University Bárczi Gusztáv Faculity of Special Education

For 2 years: 870 houres

Most important aim is self experience.

Requirement and Preliminary examination:

Requirement: At least a BA

degree 120 hour self-

experience course „personality developement with music therapy”

At least 6 years of experience in music

Examination: Music: sing and

performance on one’s musical instrument

Psychology: psychological knowledge and aptitude

Situation practise: flexibility, creativity

Future music therapists study…

Psychology, psychotherapy, patopsychology, psychiatry, paint, psychodiagnostic, pedagogy, special education, art, verbal grouptherapy, music theory, dramatic folk games and game therapy (with also Kodaly method), improvisation, dance and movement therapy, situation practise

What is music therapy?

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The Fields in Which Music Therapists Work in Hungary

Medical rehabilitation Education counselling service Psychiatry Special education Schools Nursery schools Logopedia Hospice Retirement home Prevention groupes Children hospitals Foundations Team building and more…

Our work and aims for the future

In 2015 the leadership of the association renewed, and in 2016 it’s final form was born, with 6 enthusiastic music therapist in the presidency

In 2016 Music Therapy Conference in Budapest with a special guest visitor from Luxemburg, Laurence Reuter

Themes were: a music group on a psychiatry, MT with refugees, with multiple difficulities, in neurorehabilitation, childrehabilitation, our musical motherlanguage, and even musical bowls

International aspects

For the third time we joined European Music Therapy Day on november 15 (www.musictherapyday.com)

Education Maintain the

professional leading of the music therapy education in Budapest, both 120 hour „personality developement with music therapy”, and the 2 year post-graduate education

Continue the education on the Eötvös Loránd University Bárczi Gusztáv faculity of Special education

Music Therapy Club Keep on with

Musictherapy Clubs, once a month in Budapest Music Center (there are at least 100 professional music therapists in Hungary!)

In the future…2017-2020

Continue organising Musictherapy Conferences

Continue organising meetings for European Music Therapy Day

Propagandise professional music therapy in Hungary

Initiate a Professional Music Therapyst Database

Inviting professional Music Therapists to Hungary for workshops

Getting new friends in Slovenia

Last questiones…

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Thank you for your kind attention!