Music therapists work in a variety of healthcare and educational settings. This includes hospitals, rehabilitative facilities, day cares, community mental health and wellness centers, drug and alcohol programs, senior centers, nursing homes, correctional facilities, and schools.
In the school system, graduates can work with children with autism, fetal alcohol syndrome, ADD, developmental delay, as well as those with mental and physical disabilities. In treatment facilities they can work with those with depression, drug abuse, schizophrenia, spinal cord injury, anger management, and eating disorders. In private practice, graduates can work with adults who want to work on wellness, relationship problems, mental health concerns, stress management, and grief.
In long term care facilities, music therapists can work with seniors with dementia, stroke, Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis. They can also work in palliative care. Some music therapists can also work in hospitals, where they work in oncology wards, chronic illnesses, critical care, or the delivery room.
A degree in music therapy can also be used for a career in palliative care, alternative medicine, nursing, social work, or various other healthcare careers.
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