About Us

ABOUT US

Play With Your Potential

We believe that the way you “play” with your music should be like the way a child “plays” with a toy: enjoying, exploring, creating, learning, experimenting, mastering. If you feel safe to explore on your instrument, your creativity will lead you to discover new ways of expression that are uniquely you.

MusicTherapyGuitar.com is here to get you to those moments of creative genius.

We offer quality, interactive courses on all different levels. Our goal is to help you achieve that place where musical fluency meets clinical understanding, making your guitar skills clinically effective.  Our instructors have experience with their instruments and in the field of music therapy, bringing you hands-on, applicable courses that will improve the way you work.

–Courses are available 24/7 in the comfort of your own home or on your own portable digital toys.

–Rewind, replay, play along as many times as you want.

–Access time to each course is spread out to give you time to master the skills presented.

–All courses are offered for CMTE credits.

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About our Founder

Jamie Bartschi (sounds like “BART-chee”) is a lifelong violinist/fiddle player and a self-taught guitarist. She is an avid performer and gifted teacher, passionate about helping people achieve their musical potential.

Jamie’s courses teach the musical fluency and clinical paradigm that allow for clinically effective music-making–tapping into one’s own intuition and musical identity in session work.  Her clinical style flows from the concepts of music-centered music therapy, with emphasis on concepts of schema theory and music as a container, whether used actively or receptively.

Jamie has a board certification, bachelor’s degree, and master’s degree in music therapy, and is a certified MARI practitioner. She has taught countless clinics on guitar skills and created the MusicTherapyGuitar.com website to bring together the best musicians in the field to enable music therapists to Play With Their Potential.

TESTIMONIALS

What Our Students Have To Say

"This was by far the most instructive and useful guitar skills course I have taken. The instructor's knowledge and method of teaching were excellent."

Ashley Z.
Student

"Over the years of taking many CEU classes, the ones you offer have been some of the most well-designed and helpful. Jamie is by far the best instructor of any CEU class I have taken. The reverse capo technique certainly will be utilized immediately in my practice."

Susan F.
Student

“Fantastic course, from the teaching to the pace to the usable material and examples of how specific techniques can be used for therapeutic purposes.

Melanie I.
Student

“Very helpful course, filled in some gaps in my knowledge. I appreciated the connection to music therapy situations.”

Charles G.
Student

“The most useful skill I learned for my practice was the use and flexibility of the bar chords to add interest to the music used in therapy sessions.”

Laryssa G.
Student

“This was an excellent course, excellent design, and excellent use of online instruction. I was beyond satisfied with the quality and quantity of instruction material..."

Ryan C.
Student

Course Instructor

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Jamie’s courses teach the musical fluency and clinical paradigm that allow for clinically effective music-making–tapping into one’s own intuition and musical identity in session work.  Her clinical style flows from the concepts of music-centered music therapy, with emphasis on concepts of schema theory and music as a container, whether used actively or receptively.