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Rebbeca Wertz, CTHP

Rebbeca was raised in the Pacific Northwest and started at an early age playing the accordion, clarinet and piano. She was awarded 1st place in accordion competitions and was trained at the Portland Conservatory of Music in Oregon.

 

She also enjoyed playing clarinet in the symphonic band while in college. On the way to a music class, she saw students playing the harp and immediately enrolled the next semester and enjoyed recitals and composing hymn variations.

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She earned her Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Studies & Education from the University of Pittsburgh. Years later, she was inspired to use her harp to heal and help others.

 

She obtained her Certified Therapeutic Harp Practitioner (CTHP) degree from the International Harp Therapy Program in 2011.

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Rebbeca enjoys serving on the Representative Council for the National Standard Board for Therapeutic Musicians (NSBTM) from years 2015, 2023 and to the present. She also serves on the board for the National Association of Therapeutic Musicians (NATM) from 2025 to the present.

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Experience

She has enjoyed playing for three major Boston area hospitals (Massachusetts General Hospital, Tufts Medical Center, and Jamaica Plain VA hospital) focusing on NICU, orthopedic, OB/GYN, radiology, dialysis clinics, Veteran's mental health and optometry, chemotherapy, and even yoga classes!

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In 2017, she volunteered at Ft. Belvoir, VA military hospital playing for the PTSD/addiction unit.

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She also worked for five years at The Harp Connection music store learning more about the harp every day. She knows how to regulate harps, change strings, and repair harp finish damages.

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Rebbeca also has a YouTube channel featuring her harp and piano music.

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Read more about harp therapy here.

Colorado Springs, CO

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QUOTES

"Practice is the best of all instructors." - Publilius Syrus

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"Harp therapy is not entertainment or atmospheric music. It's not a bedside concert. In the giving of our full attention and presence to each patient, we assess breathing patterns, looking for signs of tension in the body and on the face." - Sarah Schwartz, CTHP via "Cradle of Sound" by Christina Tourin.

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"Harp therapy is being on the edge with the patient, at that moment, at that place in time and being fully focused on the patient and their needs. Acting according to your gut instinct's encouragement, listening with an ear open to spirit. Giving this person all the respect any human being should have and allowing yourself the trust to do the best you can. Having no agenda, being flexible, watchful and careful is only the beginning of harp therapy". - Bambi Niles via "Cradle of Sound" by Christina Tourin.

 

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