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Music Therapist

Music therapists use music-therapeutic interventions to treat patients with behavioural disorders and pathogenic conditions to prevent, mitigate or eliminate symptoms and to change behaviours and attitudes requiring treatment. They promote and maintain or restore the development, maturity and health of the patient/client by music-therapeutic interventions. Music therapy especially provides help for people with with emotional, somatic, intellectually or socially induced behavioural disorders and pathogenic conditions, such as psychoses (schizophrenic disorders, bipolar disorders) and personality development disorders.

Essential Skills and Competencies

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  • • Motivate Patiens • Accept Own Accountability • Advise on Healthcare Users' Informed Consent • Apply Context Specific Clinical Competences • Apply Health Sciences • Apply Music Therapy Assessment Methods • Apply Music Therapy Methods • Apply Music Therapy Termination Methods • Apply Music Therapy Treatment Methods • Apply Organisational Techniques • Apply Related Sciences to Music Therapy • Assess Music Therapy Sessions • Assess the Patient's Therapeutic Needs • Communicate Effectively in Healthcare • Comply with Legislation Related to Health Care • Comply with Quality Standards Related to Healthcare Practice • Conduct Musical Ensembles • Contribute to Continuity of Health Care • Deal with Emergency Care Situations • Demonstrate a Technical Foundation in Musical Instruments • Demonstrate Musicianship • Design Evaluation Methods in Music Therapy • Design Music Therapy Termination Plan • Develop a Collaborative Therapeutic Relationship • Develop Educational Materials on Music Therapy • Develop Original Melodies • Direct Movement Experiences • Educate on the Prevention of Illness • Empathise with the Healthcare User • Encourage Healthcare User's Self-monitoring • Ensure Safety of Healthcare Users • Follow Clinical Guidelines • Formulate a Case Conceptualisation Model For Therapy • Hold Group Music Therapy Sessions • Identify Characteristics of Music • Identify Patients' Behaviours • Implement Evaluation Methods in Music Therapy • Inform Policy Makers on Health-related Challenges • Integrate Scientific Findings Into Music Therapy Practice • Interact with Healthcare Users • Listen Actively • Maintain Healthcare User Data Confidentiality • Manage Healthcare Users' Data • Meet the Requirements of Legal Bodies • Meet the Requirements of Social Security Reimbursement Bodies • Organise Relapse Prevention • Perform Musical Improvisations in Therapy • Perform Repertoire For Therapeutic Purposes • Plan Music Therapy Sessions • Play Musical Instruments • Promote Inclusion • Provide Directions in Music Therapy Sessions • Provide Feedback on Patient's Communication Style • Provide Health Education • Provide Treatment Strategies For Challenges to Human Health • Recognise Patients' Reaction to Therapy • Record Healthcare Users' Progress Related to Treatment • Record Treated Patient's Information • Respond to Changing Situations in Health Care • Respond to Incidents in Music Therapy Sessions • Review Music Therapy Treatment Approaches • Use E-health and Mobile Health Technologies • Use Music According to the Needs of Patients • Use Therapeutic Communication Techniques • Work in a Multicultural Environment in Health Care • Work in Multidisciplinary Health Teams

Knowledge

  • • Anthropology • Applied Music Therapy • Behavioural Therapy • Cognitive Psychology • Developmental Possibilities in Music Therapy Interventions • Disability Types • Geriatrics • Health Care Legislation • Health Care Occupation-specific Ethics • History of Musical Instruments • Human Psychological Development • Inter-professional Communication in the Psychosocial Field • Medical Studies • Music Therapy Clinical Practice • Music Therapy Processes • Music Therapy Schools • Music Therapy Theories • Neonatology • Neurology • Paediatrics • Palliative Settings • Peer Group Methods • Personal Development • Planning Principles For Music Therapy Interventions • Psychiatric Diagnostics • Psychological Theories • Psychopathology • Psychopharmacology • Psychotherapy Principles • Reflexion • Sociology • Types of Music Therapies

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