Music therapists, like all human being have needs. Corey and Corey (1990; 1993) describe common needs of therapists as follows: "
1) the need for control and power,
2) the need to be nurturing,
3) the need to change others in the direction of (their) own values,
4) the need to provide answers,
5) the need to feel adequate, particularly when it becomes overly important that the client confirm our competence, and
6) the need to be respected and appreciated