Development and implementation of self-care strategies in undergraduate music therapy students: A qualitative thematic analysis

Introduction Music therapy students may encounter a variety of stressors throughout their undergraduate careers and require self-care strategies to maintain their health and wellbeing. To date, there is a dearth of literature regarding self-care strategies for undergraduate music therapy students. Understanding the development and implementation of self-care strategies in undergraduate music therapy students may enable students, their peers, professors, and institutions to better support students throughout their academic careers. Therefore, the purpose of this interpretivist study was to understand how undergraduate music therapy students in the United States of America develop and implement self-care strategies.