In a Big Voice
An autoethnography on entering, being in, and leaving the field of music therapy
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Cumine, Colby (Cumine, Colby) (author),(Hadley, Susan) (Thesis advisor),(Miller, Vern) (Committee member),Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania College of Liberal Arts Music (Degree grantor),(Gumble, Maevon) (Committee member)
Music therapists -- Job stress -- United States,Burn out (Psychology) -- United States,Ethnology -- Biographical methods -- United States
Cumine, Colby
Hadley, Susan
Miller, Vern,Gumble, Maevon
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania,College of Liberal Arts,Music
Master of Music Therapy (MMT)
Masters Degree
Music Therapy
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In this autoethnography, I utilized a handful of different techniques to recall, examine, and share my experiences while entering, being in, and leaving the field of music therapy. Those included: chronological listing, narrative journaling, songwriting, lyric analysis, and external collaborators. Examining the autoethnography revealed specific themes about my experience with music therapy, including the role of my identity and privilege, systemic pressures, resistance to systemic pressures, non-profit specific ethics, and community support. Sharing these specific experiences and themes aims to add to a growing literature of music therapy burnout, including why music therapists leave the field, what specific experiences feel like, and where music therapists go after leaving the field.
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