music therapist
Code 2269.9.4
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
Knowledge
- anthropology
- inter-professional communication in the psychosocial field
- personal development
- human psychological development
- psychiatric diagnostics
- music therapy schools
- medical studies
- music therapy processes
- geriatrics
- history of musical instruments
- health care legislation
- applied music therapy
- musicoterapia clínica
- peer group methods
- neonatology
- neurology
- paediatrics
- developmental possibilities in music therapy interventions
- psychotherapy principles
- planning principles for music therapy interventions
- psychopharmacology
- cognitive psychology
- psychopathology
- reflexion
- sociology
- music therapy theories
- psychological theories
- behavioural therapy
- disability types
- types of music therapies
- palliative settings
Skills and competences
- aplicar las ciencias relacionadas con la terapia musical
- apply context specific clinical competences
- implement evaluation methods in music therapy
- apply music therapy methods
- accept own accountability
- communicate in healthcare
- contribute to continuity of health care
- meet the requirements of social security reimbursement bodies
- meet the requirements of legal bodies
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with legal regulations
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- provide directions in music therapy sessions
- demonstrate musicianship
- demonstrate a technical foundation in musical instruments
- conduct musical ensembles
- design evaluation methods in music therapy
- design music therapy termination plan
- develop educational materials on music therapy
- empathise with the healthcare user
- apply music therapy termination methods
- use therapeutic communication techniques
- apply music therapy assessment methods
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- assess music therapy sessions
- formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy
- manage healthcare users' data
- identify characteristics of music
- identify patients' behaviours
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- integrate scientific findings into music therapy practice
- perform therapeutic musical repertoire
- organise group music therapy sessions
- plan music therapy sessions
- apply music therapy treatment methods
- listen actively
- organise relapse prevention
- promote inclusion
- encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring
- record treated patient's information
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- interact with healthcare users
- respond to incidents in music therapy sessions
- review music therapy treatment approaches
- follow clinical guidelines
- use music according to the needs of patients
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- use techniques to increase patients' motivation
Transversal competences
- deal with emergency care situations
- respond to changing situations in health care
- apply organisational techniques
- develop original melodies
- educate on the prevention of illness
- assess the patient's therapeutic needs
- direct movement experiences
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
- provide feedback on patient's communication style
- provide health education
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- recognise patients' reaction to therapy
- play musical instruments
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
- perform musical improvisations in therapy
- health care occupation-specific ethics
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences