Employed Since

Spring 2017 – Fall 2020; Fall 2025

Pronouns

He/Him

Educational History

B.A., Vassar College; B.S., State University of New York at New Paltz; M.M.T., Temple University; Ph.D., Temple University

Professional Biography

Brian Abrams (He/Him), Ph.D., MT-BC, LCAT, analytical music therapist and fellow of the Association for Music and Imagery, has been a music therapist since 1995, with experience across a wide range of clinical contexts. He has published and presented internationally on a wide range of topics such as music therapy in cancer care, music psychotherapy, humanistic music therapy and the interdisciplinary area of Health Humanities. He has served on the Board of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA), including as President from 2007 to 2009 and the AMTA Assembly of Delegates, including Assembly Representative on the AMTA Board of Directors from 2010 to 2013 (including Assembly Speaker from 2012 to 2013), and as an Assembly Representative Alternate from 2020 to 2023.