Teacher, Parent
Social Emotional Learning &
Practical Life Enhancement Skills for Teens
Through Music!
Adolescents love their music.
Let’s use that to our advantage.
We make it easy for you to use ready made music therapy based experiences and lessons to
- Teach life enhancing skills
- Supplement and strengthen DBT skills training such as that found in the social-emotional learning curriculum that is outlined in the book DBT Skills in Schools by James Mazza, Elizabeth Dexter-Mazza, Alec Miller, Jill Rathus, and Heather Murphy (Guilford Press 2016
DBT skills have been shown to be effective in working with even high risk adolescents and adults. (Dr. Marsha Linehan)
Support adolescents to gain :
- Emotion management skills
- Communication skills
- Decision making skills
- Skills for getting through difficult times
- Skills for enhanced relationships
Introducing DBT Skills Mastery through Music!
Watch the video below for a taste of the creative and engaging material available to you.
This is a summary of the mindfulness module via music.
How DBT Skills Mastery through Music Works
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New material is released weekly…
Get readymade materials, specially designed for each DBT skill, dripped out one skill at a time on Mondays, with extra time for implementation.
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Instantly Useable
Clear & concise videos demonstrate songs, activities, and how to apply them to the skill of the week. Download and print instructions, handouts, etc.
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Make a Difference
Teach the material yourself or show our student videos directly to your participants. Watch the engagement levels and retention levels soar!
You get original music therapy based materials and experiences designed specially for strengthening each DBT skill for social emotional learning. The ready made materials are easy to utilize even if you are not musical.
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What am I going to find on the inside?
- 1 year (renewable) membership
- Music related interventions will be released weekly, with one skill focus per week
- Designed by qualified DBT informed board certified music therapists
- We show you how to facilitate each activity so it’s easy to use even for a non-musician
- Recordings and materials are 5-15 minutes long or less to easily fit your schedule
- Multiple learning styles considered- choose your preference of video, audio, handouts, and/or live zoom meetings.
- Resource library -As it evolves new topics will be added, allowing you to be able to grab something on the topic of your choice, and utilize it with your clients.
- Price is locked in. When membership fees go up in the future, you get to keep this low special price as long as you are a member.
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About DBT Skills Mastery through Music
Got Questions? We Have Answers!
Can my students have access at home during the pandemic?
Absolutely! We have a separate student version! This way they can use the videos and our lessons at home to reinforce what you are teaching them in your lessons.
How often do you add new material?
We add new material once per week in the members portal. We don’t want to overwhelm you with too much at once so we even give you time to catch your breath, and implement what you’ve learned so far.
Are you Certified?
We are a group of Board Certified Music Therapists who have completed Behavioral Tech’s DBT Skills Training Program, as well as an in-depth yearlong DBT informed Music Therapy program that includes 11 months of clinical supervision from a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification Certified Psy.D. clinician. We all have experience facilitating DBT informed music therapy groups, and are often found co-leading groups with psychologists, social workers, and other DBT skills group leaders.
Are we allowed to show the videos directly to the students?
Of course! Our mission is to help you teach; so, you have our permission to show the videos to the students/
52 weeks of music therapy inspired interventions and an ever growing resource library
is valued at well over $1000
Join now
for only $33/month/person
(About $1/day!)
for 12 months
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About Us
We are a group of Board Certified Music Therapists who have completed Behavioral Tech’s DBT Skills Training Program, as well as an in-depth year long DBT informed Music Therapy program that includes 11 months of clinical supervision from a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification Certified PsyD clinician. We all have experience facilitating DBT informed music therapy groups, and are often found co-leading groups with psychologists, social workers, and other DBT skills group leaders.
Deborah Spiegel MT-BC
Deborah Spiegel MT-BC was first introduced to DBT in 2001 when she worked as a member of a Dialectical Behavior Therapy based treatment team at the Colorado Mental Health Institute. She was trained in DBT alongside her treatment team by representatives of Behavioral Tech.
Author of a book in 2010, the 2nd edition, called Creative DBT Activities Using Music – Interventions for Enhancing Engagement and Effectiveness in Therapy, was published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers in 2020.
Deborah’s passion for integrating DBT with music therapy led her to spearhead a research project. Plus it led her to present workshops nationwide since 2011, and eventually online.
She is CEO and director of The Spiegel Academy, which provides online continuing education for music therapists and allied professionals. This includes specializing in providing a comprehensive DBT informed music therapy training program in conjunction with Dr. Lauren Bonavitacola.
Bailey Hinz MT-BC
Bailey Hinz has always had a love of music and of people. While earning a bachelor’s degree in music from North Central College, she spent summers as a camp counselor, an experience which inspired her to further pursue work in a helping profession.
In 2013, Bailey received her master’s degree in music therapy from Colorado State University; her graduate thesis was on the utilization of therapeutic music for young women with negative body perception and disordered eating.
Bailey has had the opportunity to work with a variety of populations including mental health, at risk youth, substance abuse, veterans’ needs, hospice, autism spectrum, developmental disability, and diseases of aging. Her greatest passion and life’s purpose, however, lies in mental/ behavioral health.
She loves incorporating music and other creative arts to affect meaningful change in the lives of individuals she serves.
To continue her growth as a clinician, Bailey received her designation as a DBT informed Music Therapist through Behavior Tech and The Spiegel Academy in 2017.
In her free time, Bailey lives an active lifestyle. She enjoys running, cycling, swimming, camping, and hiking with her trusty pup Benji.
Stephen King MT-BC
Stephen King explored his interest in Music and Psychology with his undergraduate work at Harding University, after which he studied the Masters in Music Therapy program at Texas Woman’s University.
His Music Therapy career allowed for experience with older adults, addiction and recovery, children with developmental challenges, and most recently adolescents with behavioral and emotion regulation difficulties.
In early 2018, Stephen enrolled in The Spiegel Academy in conjunction with Behavioral Tech, to earn his designation as DBT informed Music Therapist.
Combining his interest in electronic music and technology, Stephen brings unique skills to the community of Music Therapy with sessions both online and in-person.
Alice Browne, MT-BC
Alice Browne has a B.S. in Music Therapy from Augsburg University that she received in 1984 and has been practicing music therapy for 36 years.
She has achieved Level, l & ll Certification in Sound healing through Normandale Community College in Minnesota and through Sound Healer Kay Grace.
Alice’s experience includes work with a wide array of populations, including geriatrics, recovering alcoholics, homeless people, autistic children, and people experiencing grief.
She received her DBT- Informed Music Therapy training through the Spiegel Academy, and completed the DBT skills training with Behavioral Tech..
Alice often incorporates visual arts in her therapy sessions.
She has been a wife for 36 years, a mother for 27 years, a mother-in-law for one year, and a cat owner for a very long time.
Right now is a great time for your students to strengthen DBT skills and gain mastery through creative music based activities.
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