The First Contract Playbook
for Music Therapists
COMING SOON!
Everything You Need to Land, Price, and Protect Your Music Therapy Contracts
What is The First Contract Playbook
The First Contract Playbook is a step-by-step guide built from 20 years and 15+ active contracts across senior living, hospice, early childhood, PACE, adult day programs, faith communities, and mental health - written by a working MT-BC who has negotiated every contract type in this book and learned what holds up.
Eight chapters. Real contracts. Real numbers. Transparency.
What you'll walk away with:
A framework for identifying the right facilities in your market and getting in front of decision-makers
Pricing that starts with your actual costs so you better understand your bottom line
Contract terms that protect your income, your schedule, and your professional integrity
A first-90-days execution plan that turns new contracts into long-term relationships
The red flags that tell you a contract will cost you more than it pays - before you sign
This is the playbook that didn't exist when I started. It exists now.
You Already Know Music Therapy. This Is the Business Side Nobody Taught You.
The gap between music therapist and music therapy business owner is real - and almost nobody talks about it honestly.
You can be a clinically excellent MT-BC and still undercharge every contract you sign. You can build great relationships with facilities and still not know how to turn a verbal yes into a signed agreement. You can have a full schedule and still wonder at the end of the year where the money went.
The First Contract Playbook closes that gap. It covers the pricing math that isn’t always known, the contract terms most missed, and the relationship strategies that keep contracts renewing year after year. It's written for the music therapist who is ready to stop guessing and start running a practice that actually works financially.
You walked into your first pitch meeting as the expert. This gives you everything that comes after.