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Music Therapists’ Understanding of Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care: A Survey of Board-Certified Music Therapists

Abstract

Trauma-informed care is a treatment framework that addresses the pervasiveness of trauma and minimizes harm in therapy spaces and sessions. While many music therapists aspire to utilize this framework in their practice, most seem to conflate the trauma-informed framework with trauma-focused techniques. In this survey study, music therapists were asked about their experiences in learning about trauma or the trauma-informed care framework, how they viewed or valued the framework, and how relevant they felt it was to their clinical practice. Survey results showed that while respondents felt that the trauma-informed care framework was valuable and relevant to their music therapy clinical work, they also expressed doubt about their understanding of the framework and their ability to incorporate the framework into their clinical practice. Participant comments were analyzed using an inductive content analysis; results showed respondents had questions and concerns about how the framework fits into the bachelors-level music therapy curriculum and might be adapted and implemented into a variety of treatment settings. Suggestions for meaningfully incorporating trauma-informed care frameworks into the bachelor-level music therapy curriculum and ideas for future research are also discussed.

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Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 07/02/2025 | Link to this post on IFP |
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