Music Therapists
Plan, organize, or direct medically prescribed music therapy activities designed to positively influence patients' psychological or behavioral status.
Also called: Board Certified Music Therapist, Clinician, Music Therapist
Knowledge:
- therapy and counseling
- medicine and dentistry
- psychology
- sociology and anthropology
- music, dance, visual arts, drama, or sculpture
- English language
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- reading work related information
- understanding people's reactions
- looking for ways to help people
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- come up with lots of ideas
- create new and original ideas
- pay attention to something without being distracted
- do two or more things at the same time
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need
- Concern for Others
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Cooperation
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Self Control
Technology:
Music or sound editing software
- Avid Technology Pro Tools
- Musical instrument digital interface MIDI software
- Electronic health record EHR software
