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Specialties that open doors
Neurologic music therapy
Training in using rhythm and music for stroke, brain injury and Parkinson's rehabilitation. Hospitals look for this.
Hospice and palliative care
A common employer of music therapists.
Autism and special education
School districts write music therapy into individual education plans, which means funded positions.
A master's degree
Required for a creative arts therapist license in some states, and for supervising and teaching.