Considering Abrams' "McMusicTherapy McMarketing" article

A personal reflection

Authors

  • Kerry L. Hryniw Byers Music Therapy of London

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v20i3.3028

Keywords:

Marketing, Ethics, Brian Abrams, Private practice, Commercial, Economic

Abstract

In 1990, I entered the profession of music therapy. Thirty years later, Abrams' article on "McMarketing" clarified and made sense of some of what I had been through in trying to build a music therapy practice. His ideas are worth contemplation.

References

Abrams, B. (2014). McMusicTherapy McMarketing: Reflections upon the promotion of music therapy services in an increasingly commercial economic climate. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 14(2), https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v14i2.776.

Bilger, K. (2017). Guidelines for the ethical promotion of music therapy. Canadian Association of Music Therapists. https://www.musictherapy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Ethical-Promotion-of-MT-en.pdf.

CAMT. (2015). CAMT annual report 2014-2015. Canadian Association for Music Therapy. https://www.musictherapy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ANNUALreport2014.pdf.

NAMT. (1989). Code of ethics. Music Therapy Perspectives, 5, 5-8.

Townsend, E. (Ed.). (1997). Enabling occupation: An occupational therapy perspective. Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists.

Published

2020-09-17

How to Cite

Byers, K. L. H. (2020). Considering Abrams’ "McMusicTherapy McMarketing" article: A personal reflection. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 20(3), 5. https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v20i3.3028

Issue

Section

Reflections on Practice