If you are interested holding participative sound and voice therapy sessions, soundscapes, improvisation, drum and rhythm groups and community music making this course could be for you! Our sound and voice arts therapy approach is perfect if you are creative and are looking for something different to passive soundbath sessions. Help people to use therapeutic sound for relaxation, stress, pain control and management and mood-state.
This course aims to give you the confidence to work professionally with the BAST Method of Sound and Voice Arts Therapy and is a perfect addition to any of the other courses or if taken as a stand-alone course.
On this course, you will learn:
If you are interested holding participative sound and voice therapy sessions, soundscapes, improvisation, drum and rhythm groups and community music making this course could be for you! Our sound and voice arts therapy approach is perfect if you are creative and are looking for something different to passive soundbath sessions. Help people to use therapeutic sound for relaxation, stress, pain control and management and mood-state.
This course aims to give you the confidence to work professionally with the BAST Method of Sound and Voice Arts Therapy and is a perfect addition to any of the other courses or if taken as a stand-alone course.
On this course, you will learn:
Before the course starts, a range of information will be available for you to access and complete online in your own time and send back to us before the deadlines. You can still enrol on the course (providing there are spaces) after this information has been released up to the final cut-off date.
You do not have to have a lot of equipment to join this course. Videos will explain more about the ‘Sonic Colours Kit’ that comprises instruments that will enable you to paint your beautiful sonic landscapes with. A typical kit contains a range of shakers, chimes, a drum or two and some singing bowls and tonal instruments. Guidance will be given to help you to choose the instruments that suit your needs and budget.
19th, 20th, 21st & 22nd March 2024 9.30am – 2pm
Many people lead busy lives and time can be short. At BAST we have spent many years refining our training courses to save you valuable time and money but without compromising your learning experience. In fact, we believe that our courses are now the best that they’ve ever been!
The virtual classrooms are a wonderful rich learning environment where we take a deep dive into therapeutic sound. You will need to be able to activate your video and audio for these classrooms. A pair of headphones will also be needed.
The coursework period is where your work really comes to life! Immerse yourself in the exercises taught and discover how the different techniques affect your own health and wellbeing. Use the reflective method to go deeper into your personal healing journey. Check-in tutorial sessions with your tutor will enable you to get extra support and further inspiration.
Classroom 2: 19th April, 9.30am – 11am
Classroom 3: 10th May, 9.30am – 11am
22nd & 23rd June 09.30 – 6pm both days
This is where the work comes to life! Join us for this interactive classroom where will put everything that we have learned together. Create a graphic score and take part in different therapeutic sound and voicescapes together. Participate in a range of different group sessions and create a ‘tone poem’ – beautiful non-sensical songs that bring people together. This and so much more will be explored during this weekend.
It is our aim that at the end of the class you will have a clear idea how to give a range of different treatments and techniques and be ready to go to the next stage of the course.
5th & 6th September 9.30am – 2pm
During this interactive VC we will focus on putting different hypothetical case study sessions together. We will cover advanced techniques and deeper reflection as we explore different approaches. It is our aim that by the end of this virtual classroom you will have a greater understanding of how, when and why to hold different sessions. We also will help you to focus your vision for the future and give you confidence to start your case studies.
Students tell us that this is such a valuable part of the course because it allows them to run through scenarios and gain another level of understanding.
6th December
On successful completion of this course, you will be awarded a Practitioner Level Diploma in Sound Therapy. Higher and Advanced Level Qualifications are also available by joining courses together.
£1657 Ends 31/12/2023
£1807
Before the course starts, a range of information will be available for you to access and complete online in your own time and send back to us before the deadlines. You can still enrol on the course (providing there are spaces) after this information has been released up to the final cut-off date.
You do not have to have a lot of equipment to join this course. Videos will explain more about the ‘Sonic Colours Kit’ that comprises instruments that will enable you to paint your beautiful sonic landscapes with. A typical kit contains a range of shakers, chimes, a drum or two and some singing bowls and tonal instruments. Guidance will be given to help you to choose the instruments that suit your needs and budget.
19th, 20th, 21st & 22nd March 2024 9.30am – 2pm
Many people lead busy lives and time can be short. At BAST we have spent many years refining our training courses to save you valuable time and money but without compromising your learning experience. In fact, we believe that our courses are now the best that they’ve ever been!
The virtual classrooms are a wonderful rich learning environment where we take a deep dive into therapeutic sound. You will need to be able to activate your video and audio for these classrooms. A pair of headphones will also be needed.
The coursework period is where your work really comes to life! Immerse yourself in the exercises taught and discover how the different techniques affect your own health and wellbeing. Use the reflective method to go deeper into your personal healing journey. Check-in tutorial sessions with your tutor will enable you to get extra support and further inspiration.
Classroom 2: 19th April, 9.30am – 11am
Classroom 3: 10th May, 9.30am – 11am
22nd & 23rd June 09.30 – 6pm both days
This is where the work comes to life! Join us for this interactive classroom where will put everything that we have learned together. Create a graphic score and take part in different therapeutic sound and voicescapes together. Participate in a range of different group sessions and create a ‘tone poem’ – beautiful non-sensical songs that bring people together. This and so much more will be explored during this weekend.
It is our aim that at the end of the class you will have a clear idea how to give a range of different treatments and techniques and be ready to go to the next stage of the course.
5th & 6th September 9.30am – 2pm
During this interactive VC we will focus on putting different hypothetical case study sessions together. We will cover advanced techniques and deeper reflection as we explore different approaches. It is our aim that by the end of this virtual classroom you will have a greater understanding of how, when and why to hold different sessions. We also will help you to focus your vision for the future and give you confidence to start your case studies.
Students tell us that this is such a valuable part of the course because it allows them to run through scenarios and gain another level of understanding.
6th December
On successful completion of this course, you will be awarded a Practitioner Level Diploma in Sound Therapy. Higher and Advanced Level Qualifications are also available by joining courses together.
£1657 Ends 31/12/2023
£1807
This is our most popular course. The course is packed full of well researched techniques that will enable you to build an exciting and diverse portfolio of group sound work sessions. This course enables you to deliver a diverse range of therapeutic sound interventions, rhythm sessions and cutting edge sonic artistry to groups!
Learn how to use a range of passive and active vocal techniques to improve health and wellbeing. This course enables you to run professional and potentially transformative voice therapy groups using breath, movement, visualisation and a range of vocal techniques including toning and overtoning.
A higher level qualification focusing on 1-2-1 therapy. Learn to give treatments using voice, breath, visualisation & vocal processing techniques.
You will require instruments for the Sound Therapy courses. We will help you choose and order these. Instruments are not included in the course prices.
This depends on which course you take. We can help you to choose the right equipment to suit your needs, and your budget. Investing in your professional sound therapy equipment is an important step in becoming a sound therapist. We will discuss this with you in full when you interview with us.
No, you don’t need to be a musician or already play an instrument. We will support you in learning playing techniques, specific to the instruments that you choose. We help you to develop an ear for pitch, rhythm and volume and to understand how sound affects mind, body and emotions.
If you would like to learn to give Gongbaths to groups only, then you should choose the Group Sound Relaxation Therapy course. If you want to provide a wider range of treatments to Groups then choose the Group Sound Therapy Training.