A music therapist's clinical work involves delivering an assessment of the client through medical or educational records, speaking with family or guardians, and observing client responses to music. The therapist then creates a treatment program that is specific to the client's needs and responses. After implementing the program for a period of time, the therapist must then evaluate whether the treatment program is effectively moving the client toward reaching their clinical goals and objectives. The treatment program may be modified or changed at this point if needed. The treatment program ends when the client has met their specific goals, they are discharged from an institution, or music therapy is no longer of benefit to the client.

For a complete description of clinical music therapy click here to visit the Canadian Association for Music Therapy / Association de musicothérapie du Canada