Music & Guided Imagery

The therapeutic use of music/sound can be used to create an embodied experience that encourages healing growth, and overall well-being. It can also be used to help process difficult feelings when words alone cannot reach them. The links and articles on this page provide a broad overview of using Music and Guided Imagery in Counseling. There are many more awesome websites and articles that are not listed.

MUSIC THERAPY AND GUIDED IMAGERY LINKS

• American Music Therapy Association
• Appalachian State University Hayes School of Music 
• Atlantis Institute for Consciousness and Music
• Canadian Association of Music Therapists
• IMAGEing: European GIM Trainings (Bonny Method) 
• Inner Journey with GIM: Canada 
• Institut fur Imagination und Therapy (IMIT)
• The Integrative GIM Training Programme: UK
• KAMI (Korean Association for Music an Imagery)
• Leslie Bunt
• Music Medicine Institute An Affiliate of St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System 
• Music and Imagery Association of Australia 
• The Danish Bonny Method GIM Institute
• The Temple University Archives for Guided Imagery and Music 
• Therapeutic Arts Institute

ARTICLES

• Gleadhill, L., & Ferris, K. (2010). A theoretical music therapy framework for working with people with dissociative identity disorder. Australian Journal of Music Therapy, 21, 42-55.
• Krout, R. E. (2005). Applications of music therapist-composed songs in creating participant connections and facilitating goals and rituals during one-time bereavement support groups and programs. Music Therapy Perspectives, 23(2), 118-128.
• MacIntosh, H. B. (2003). Sounds of healing: Music in group work with survivors of sexual abuse. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 30(1), 17-23.
•  Mungas, R., & Silverman, M. J. (2014). Immediate effects of group-based wellness drumming on affective states in university students. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 41(3), 287-292.
• Richards, A. V. (2017). A qualitative study of group therapy incorporating rap music with inmates.
• Stephens, T., Braithwaite, R. L., & Taylor, S. E. (1998). Model for using hip-hop music for small group HIV/AIDS prevention counseling with African American adolescents and young adults. Patient Education and Counseling, 35(2), 127-137.
• Teggelove, K., Thompson, G., & Tamplin, J. (2019). Supporting positive parenting practices within a community‐based music therapy group program: Pilot study findings. Journal of community psychology, 47(4), 712-726.
• Veach, L. J., & Gladding, S. T. (2006). Using creative group techniques in high schools. The Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 32(1), 71-81.