Music Therapy in Mental Health for Illness Management and Recovery

Michael Silverman, Professor of Music Therapy, University of Minnesota

Michael J. Silverman (Ph.D., MT-BC) is a full professor of music therapy and the music therapy program director at the University of Minnesota. A Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor and Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Dr. Silverman is widely published in peer-reviewed journals
including the Journal of Music Therapy, the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, and Psychology of Music. Dr. Silverman has received funding from the University of Minnesota, the American Music Therapy Association, and the National Institutes of Health and reviewed grants for the National Endowment for
the Arts, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and the European Science Federation. An active presenter at regional, national, and international conferences, he is a member of the research staff at the University Hospital where he is engaged in music therapy clinical practice and research
with adults with mental health and substance use conditions.