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Courtney Belt

Senior Lecturer, Music Therapy

Full-Time Faculty

College of Arts and Sciences: Music

Contact

Email: Courtney Belt
Phone: 937-229-3980
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Degrees

  • Ph.D., Educational Leadership, University of Dayton
  • M.A., Music Therapy, St. Mary-of-the-Woods College
  • B.M., Music Therapy, University of Dayton

Profile

Courtney Belt is a board certified music therapist who earned her degrees from the University of Dayton (B.M.) and St. Mary-of-the-Woods College (M.A.). She completed her music therapy internship with a focus on a variety of client populations including hospice, oncology, neurologic disorders and eating disorders. Courtney’s professional clinical experience has been with mental/behavioral health and intellectual and developmental disability (I/DD) populations.

Professional activities

  • American Music Therapy Association
  • Association of Ohio Music Therapists
  • Sigma Alpha Iota, International Music Fraternity

Research interests

  • Music therapy education and training
  • Faculty and student experiences

Publications

Dissertation: “Music Therapy Faculty Perspectives on Grading Processes for Undergraduate Practica.” University of Dayton. Defended March 21, 2023.

Belt, C. (2023). Undergraduate music therapy students’ perspectives on curricular self-experiences. Music Therapy Perspectives, https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miad002

Potvin, N., Belt, C., & Moore, C. (2021). New music therapy faculty and the pursuit of fulfillment, success, and identity: A collective autoethnography. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 74, DOI: 10.1016/j.aip.2021.101781

Hiller, J., Belt, C., Gardstrom, S. C., & Willenbrink-Conte, J. (2020). Safeguarding curricular self-experiences in undergraduate music therapy education and training. Music Therapy Perspectives, 39(1), 86-94, https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miaa027

“A Self-care Handbook for Undergraduate Music Therapy Students,” Master’s Thesis