Education:
73%
Bachelor's Degree
15%
Master's Degree
Music Therapists
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Job Outlook:
None
Education:
Bachelor's degree
Salary
High:
$111,800.00
Average:
$71,860.00
Hourly
Average:
$34.55
What they do:
Plan, organize, direct, or assess clinical and evidenced-based music therapy interventions to positively influence individuals' physical, psychological, cognitive, or behavioral status.
On the job, you would:
- Identify and respond to emergency physical or mental health situations.
- Design or provide music therapy experiences to address client needs, such as using music for self-care, adjusting to life changes, improving cognitive functioning, raising self-esteem, communicating, or controlling impulses.
- Design music therapy experiences, using various musical elements to meet client's goals or objectives.
Personality
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
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100% | Concern for Others - Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. | |
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96% | Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. | |
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94% | Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical. | |
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92% | Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. | |
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90% | Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. | |
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89% | Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. | |
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85% | Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. | |
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83% | Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. | |
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83% | Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. | |
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82% | Innovation - Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. | |
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80% | Achievement/Effort - Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. | |
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80% | Social Orientation - Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. | |
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76% | Independence - Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. | |
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75% | Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. | |
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69% | Leadership - Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. | |
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68% | Analytical Thinking - Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Strengths |
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89% | Artistic - Work involves creating original visual artwork, performances, written works, food, or music for a variety of media, or applying artistic principles to the design of various objects and materials. Artistic occupations are often associated with visual arts, applied arts and design, performing arts, music, creative writing, media, or culinary art. | |
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89% | Social - Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities. |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Values of the Work Environment |
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100% | Relationships - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. | |
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83% | Achievement - Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. | |
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78% | Independence - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. | |
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61% | Working Conditions - Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. | |
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61% | Recognition - Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. |
Aptitude
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality |
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78% | Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |
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78% | Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. | |
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75% | Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |
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72% | Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |
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72% | Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |
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72% | Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |
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72% | Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |
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72% | Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |
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72% | Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |
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69% | Fluency of Ideas - The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |
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69% | Selective Attention - The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |
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69% | Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |
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66% | Originality - The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
Job Details
Responsibilities
Develop health assessment methods or programs.
Analyze quantitative data to determine effectiveness of treatments or therapies.
Analyze patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals.
Evaluate patient functioning, capabilities, or health.
Communicate test or assessment results to medical professionals.
Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment.
Develop medical treatment plans.
Develop treatment plans that use non-medical therapies.
Treat patients using psychological therapies.
Establish treatment goals.
Gather medical information from patient histories.
Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals.
Develop treatment plans that use non-medical therapies.
Monitor patient progress or responses to treatments.
Record patient medical histories.
Develop treatment plans that use non-medical therapies.
Treat patients using psychological therapies.
Adjust tuning or functioning of musical instruments.
Interact with patients to build rapport or provide emotional support.
Prepare reports summarizing patient diagnostic or care activities.
Record patient medical histories.
Evaluate treatment options to guide medical decisions.
Develop treatment plans that use non-medical therapies.
Communicate health and wellness information to the public.
Conduct research to increase knowledge about medical issues.
Treat medical emergencies.
Develop treatment plans that use non-medical therapies.
Maintain medical or professional knowledge.
Supervise patient care personnel.
Develop treatment plans that use non-medical therapies.
Inform medical professionals regarding patient conditions and care.
Maintain medical or professional knowledge.
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent |
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95% | Face-to-Face Discussions - How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? | |
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92% | Contact With Others - How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? | |
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90% | Freedom to Make Decisions - How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? | |
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90% | Electronic Mail - How often do you use electronic mail in this job? | |
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88% | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled - How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? | |
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85% | Structured versus Unstructured Work - To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? | |
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84% | Physical Proximity - To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? | |
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82% | Work With Work Group or Team - How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? | |
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72% | Telephone - How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? | |
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70% | Exposed to Disease or Infections - How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections? | |
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69% | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls - How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Tasks & Values |
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99% | Thinking Creatively - Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. | |
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94% | Assisting and Caring for Others - Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. | |
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94% | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships - Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. | |
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84% | Documenting/Recording Information - Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. | |
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82% | Developing Objectives and Strategies - Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. | |
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79% | Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. | |
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77% | Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. | |
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76% | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. | |
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73% | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge - Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. | |
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72% | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. | |
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71% | Training and Teaching Others - Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. | |
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68% | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings - Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. | |
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66% | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public - Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. | |
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66% | Coaching and Developing Others - Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |