This study aimed to investigate the essential meaning of music therapists work engagement experience and examine the strategies of their work engagement. For this purpose, in-depth interviews were conducted with nine certified music therapists who had a master’s degree or higher and five or more years of clinical experience. The interviews were analyzed using Giorgi’s phenomenological method. The results identified 384 meaning units, 91 summaries of the meaning units, 23 subcategories, and 5 categories. ‘the moment of experiencing work engagement’, ‘factors affecting work engagement’, ‘meaning of work engagement perceived as an individual’, ‘meaning of work engagement perceived as a therapist’, and ‘strategies for work engagement.’ The significance of this study is in that it examines the meaning of music therapists work engagement and suggests strategies to improve their work engagement.