As a Music Therapist, you will need to master following:

• accept own accountability
• advise on healthcare users' informed consent
• anthropology
• applied music therapy
• apply context specific clinical competences
• apply music therapy assessment methods
• apply music therapy methods
• apply music therapy termination methods
• apply music therapy treatment methods
• apply related sciences to music therapy
• assess music therapy sessions
• assess the patient's therapeutic needs
• behavioural therapy
• comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
• contribute to continuity of health care
• demonstrate musicianship
• design evaluation methods in music therapy
• design music therapy termination plan
• develop educational materials on music therapy
• develop original melodies
• developmental possibilities in music therapy interventions
• encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring
• ensure safety of healthcare users
• formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy
• human psychological development
• identify patients' behaviours
• implement evaluation methods in music therapy
• integrate scientific findings into music therapy practice
• inter-professional communication in the psychosocial field
• maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
• meet the requirements of social security reimbursement bodies
• music therapy clinical practice
• music therapy processes
• music therapy schools
• music therapy theories
• neonatology
• organise group music therapy sessions
• organise relapse prevention
• palliative settings
• perform therapeutic musical repertoire
• plan music therapy sessions
• planning principles for music therapy interventions
• play musical instruments
• promote inclusion
• provide directions in music therapy sessions
• provide feedback on patient's communication style
• provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
• psychiatric diagnostics
• psychopathology
• psychopharmacology
• recognise patients' reaction to therapy
• record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
• reflexion
• respond to incidents in music therapy sessions
• review music therapy treatment approaches
• types of music therapies
• use e-health and mobile health technologies
• use music according to the needs of patients
• use techniques to increase patients' motivation
• use therapeutic communication techniques
• work in multidisciplinary health teams

More generally, a music therapist is also versed in:

• apply organisational techniques
• cognitive psychology
• communicate in healthcare
• comply with legal regulations
• comply with legislation related to health care
• conduct musical ensembles
• deal with emergency care situations
• demonstrate a technical foundation in musical instruments
• develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
• direct movement experiences
• disability types
• educate on the prevention of illness
• empathise with the healthcare user
• follow clinical guidelines
• geriatrics
• health care legislation
• health care occupation-specific ethics
• history of musical instruments
• identify characteristics of music
• inform policy makers on health-related challenges
• interact with healthcare users
• listen actively
• manage healthcare users' data
• medical studies
• meet the requirements of legal bodies
• neurology
• paediatrics
• peer group methods
• perform musical improvisations in therapy
• personal development
• provide health education
• psychological theories
• psychotherapy principles
• record treated patient's information
• respond to changing situations in health care
• sociology
• work in a multicultural environment in health care

It also helps to know the following:

• cognitive behavioural therapy
• design musical events involving patients
• develop a repertoire for music therapy sessions
• psychoacoustics
• psychoanalysis
• psychosociology
• ensure proper appointment administration
• neurophysiology
• pedagogy
• philosophy
• relaxation techniques
• sexology
• use foreign languages for health-related research
• use foreign languages in patient care
• victimology