Live Experiential CE Workshop
GrooveRX: Recreational Music Making as a Clinical Intervention in Psychiatric Practice
An interactive educational experience exploring rhythm, recreational music making, and their applications in psychiatric care.
Live Virtual Workshop · 1.0 Nursing Contact Hour · $90
Hi!Let's connect, find our rhythm, and explore creative ways to support our clients!
Not every therapeutic intervention has to begin with words.
What happens when rhythm becomes part of psychiatric care?
Join Laurel Myers Hurst for a live, interactive educational experience exploring recreational music making and its potential applications in psychiatric practice.
Learn about the clinical foundations, participate in rhythm-based experiences, and explore opportunities for connection, engagement, and expression in clinical settings.
No musical experience or drum required.
Who Is This Experience For?
Primary audience: psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioners. Also relevant to appropriately qualified psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, psychologists, therapists, social workers, and other mental health professionals involved in group work.
Workshop agenda
Your 90-Minute Experience
First 60 Minutes — Accredited Educational Activity
- Introduction and objectives
- Research and clinical rationale
- Group rhythm facilitation
- Seven human needs and groove components
- Guided practical activity
- Clinical applications, adaptations, and safety considerations
- Action planning and evaluation
Credit: 1.0 nursing contact hour; 0 pharmacology hours.
Optional Final 30 Minutes — Questions and Discussion
After the educational activity has formally ended, participants may stay for questions and discussion.
This portion is not part of the accredited activity and does not award CE credit.
What you'll learn
Experience it. Understand it. Bring it into practice.
- 01
Understand the Evidence
Explore research on group drumming and recreational music making related to stress physiology, mood, and social bonding, including limitations in the current evidence.
- 02
Learn the Rhythm Activities
Participate in facilitator-led call-and-response and spoken-phrase activities using body percussion. Explore how these exercises may work in person or through telehealth.
- 03
Connect Rhythm to Human Needs
Explore how patient concerns such as isolation, fear, or difficulty connecting can be considered alongside the seven human needs and elements of a groove.
- 04
Adapt to Clinical Needs
Examine factors including trauma history, sensory sensitivity, agitation, mania, psychosis, cognitive differences, and specific clinical settings. Discuss when activities may be suitable, when modifications are needed, and when participation may be inappropriate.
- 05
Develop an Implementation Plan
Identify a potential patient group and design an introductory rhythm-based activity appropriate to your scope and setting, then set a practical next step for implementation.
Register
Choose Your GrooveRX Workshop Date
The same live workshop is offered on three dates. Select the date that works best for you and register securely through PsychBoss.
$90per participant
Registration Policy: All sales are final. Registrations are nonrefundable, except as required by law. If PsychBoss cancels the workshop, participants will receive a full refund. If the workshop is materially rescheduled, participants may attend the new date or request a refund. Replay access is not included. Read the full Refund & Cancellation Policy.
Continuing education
Continuing Education Information
- Nursing contact hour
- 1.0
- Pharmacology contact hours
- 0
This workshop is approved for 1.0 nursing contact hour. PsychBoss administers this CE activity. Certificates are issued through PsychBoss.
To receive credit, participants must:
- Attend the full 60-minute educational activity live.
- Complete the required evaluation.
- Meet all applicable provider completion criteria.
CE is offered as nursing contact hours. Clinicians in other professions should check whether their licensing board accepts this credit.
Participants are exploring a clinical educational approach, not purchasing a therapy service. Not every activity is appropriate for every clinical setting; the workshop discusses when modifications are needed and when participation may be inappropriate.
This educational activity is approved for 1.0 nursing contact hour, with 0 pharmacology contact hours.
PsychBoss is an approved continuing education provider through the Florida Board of Nursing.
Florida Board of Nursing CE Provider Number: 50-33593
To receive continuing education credit, participants must attend the full 60-minute accredited educational activity and complete the required evaluation.
Certificates of completion will be issued to eligible participants through PsychBoss.
Your educator
Meet Laurel Myers Hurst
APRN-CNP, PMHNP-BC, CIPP
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner | Ethnomusicologist | Founder and Creator of the GrooveRX Method
Laurel brings together psychiatric clinical experience and an extensive background in music education and ethnomusicology.
Before becoming a psychiatric nurse practitioner, she spent nearly two decades as a music professor and ethnomusicologist.
Her clinical experience includes leading recreational music-making groups in detoxification, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, medication for opioid use disorder, and outpatient psychiatric settings.
As the creator of GrooveRX, she explores how structured musical experiences can be thoughtfully incorporated into clinical work.
- Board-certified psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner
- Founder of Ohio Integrative Psychiatry
- Former music professor and ethnomusicologist
- Fellow of the Integrated Center for Group Medical Visits
- Albert Schweitzer Fellow
The GrooveRX Method was founded and developed by Laurel Myers Hurst, who owns the GrooveRX name and its original content.
From clinicians
What participants are saying
I had the opportunity to participate in Laurel Hurst’s Groove Therapy workshop at Beyond the Script Live 2026, and it was one of the most fun and engaging experiences of the conference! Laurel created an interactive environment that brought everyone together through rhythm, movement, and connection. As a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, I can see how her approach could benefit individuals and families by encouraging emotional expression, stress relief, and meaningful connection. It was a refreshing and creative approach to mental wellness, and I’m glad I had the opportunity to experience it firsthand!
I utilize drumming in my psychiatric visits to promote coregulation and its powerful to be able to engage others and give them a voice through music making!
Bring your curiosity. We'll bring the rhythm.
Explore an evidence-informed, experiential approach to psychiatric group care with Laurel Myers Hurst, presented through PsychBoss.
Choose Your Session — $90FAQ
Questions about GrooveRX
Do I need a drum?
No. The activities use body percussion and spoken phrases, so you can take part from wherever you join.
Is musical experience required?
No. No musical training is needed to participate or to begin using the activities covered.
Who should attend?
The workshop is designed primarily for psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioners. It is also relevant to appropriately qualified psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, psychologists, therapists, social workers, and other mental health professionals involved in group work.
Is the workshop live?
Yes. It is a live virtual workshop hosted by PsychBoss on Google Meet. The same workshop is offered on three dates; choose one.
How many CE contact hours are offered?
1.0 nursing contact hour for the 60-minute educational activity. The optional 30-minute discussion does not award credit.
Is pharmacology credit available?
No. The workshop offers 0 pharmacology contact hours.
What are the CE completion requirements?
Attend the full 60-minute educational activity live, complete the required evaluation, and meet all applicable provider completion criteria. Certificates are administered through PsychBoss.
Do I receive a recording?
Replay access is not included with live registration. A recorded version may be offered separately in the future.
Are refunds available?
PsychBoss has a no-refund policy, subject to applicable law and the published terms. See the Refund & Cancellation Policy.
What equipment or materials do I need?
No drum or instrument is needed; the activities use body percussion and spoken phrases. You'll join the live session on Google Meet using the access instructions sent after registration.
How do I receive my certificate?
Attend the full 60-minute accredited educational activity live and complete the required evaluation. Certificates of completion are issued to eligible participants through PsychBoss.
What happens if I cannot attend?
All workshop registrations are final and nonrefundable, except as required by law or if the organizer cancels or materially reschedules the event. Please choose the date that best fits your schedule. For questions, email mary@psychboss.com.
How do I access the PsychBoss Google Meet workshop?
After you complete registration, you'll receive a confirmation and access instructions for your selected date. Google Meet details are not posted publicly.
Does this workshop provide a certification?
This introductory workshop does not grant an advanced practice certification but does provide continuing education contact hours.
Presented by PsychBoss in collaboration with Laurel Myers Hurst, founder of the GrooveRX Method. GrooveRX and its original content are owned by Laurel Myers Hurst.