Notes on the practice of guided imagery and music / Kenneth E. Bruscia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bruscia, Kenneth E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Psychological aspects.

Music.

Music therapy.

Imagery (Psychology)--Therapeutic use.

Imagery (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 pages) : illustrations, tables

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dallas, Texas : Barcelona Publishers, 2015.

Summary:

Based on the author's manuals for training GIM practitioners, this book offers detailed strategies for planning and implementing each phase of the individual GIM session. Also included are discussions of the role of music, shifts in consciousness during the session, assessment concepts, the analysis and creation of music programs, advanced guiding techniques, risk management, and interactive imaging.

Contents:

Cover Image

Title Page

Copyright &amp

Permissions

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

List of Figures &amp

Tables

Preface

Note 1: Nomenclature and Definitions

GIM vs. the Bonny Method

GIM Practices (Not the Bonny Method)

Music Therapy Practices (Not GIM, Not Bonny Method)

Psychotherapy Techniques (Not Music Therapy, GIM, or Bonny Method)

Implications

Note 2: Levels of GIM Practice

Growth-Oriented (Auxiliary) Level

Supportive (Augmentative) Level

Re-Educative (Intensive) Level

Reconstructive (Primary) Level

Transpersonal (Healing) Level

Note 3: Applications of GIM

Note 4: Procedural Phases of the GIM Session

Preparation of the Space

The Preliminary Conversation

The Induction

The Music-Imaging Experience

The Return

The Postlude Discussion

Note 5: The Preliminary Conversation

Exploring the Conscious

Identifying the Manifest Theme

Accessing the Unconscious

Drawing Mandalas

Transitioning to the Music

Phenomenological Descriptions

Note 6: The Induction

Purpose

Procedural Components

Technical Considerations for the Relaxation Procedure

Types of Relaxation Inductions

Focus

Sample Relaxation Inductions

Note 7: Selecting the Music

Relevance Issues

Depth

Here-Now Observations

Client Readiness

Therapist Readiness

How Music Influences Guiding

Ethical Issues

Note 8: The GIM Programs

Descriptions of the Programs

Note 9: The Music-Imaging Experience

Note 10: Basic Guiding Techniques

Principles of Guiding

The Guiding Space

Guiding Purposively

Guiding Responsively

Writing the Transcript

Note 11: The Return

Note 12: The Postlude

Basic Considerations.

Steps in a Verbal Postlude

Research Findings

Note 13: Consciousness Shifts in the GIM Session

The Postlude

Note 14: Addressing the Risks of GIM

Recognizing the Risks

Managing the Risks of GIM

Note 15: The Client's First Session

Preparing Clients for Their First GIM Session

Gathering Information About the Client

Leading the First Preliminary Conversation

Explaining and Demonstrating GIM

Client Intake Sheet

The First Relaxation Induction

The First Music-Imaging Experience

The First Return and Postlude

Homework

Consent Form for Participation in GIM

Note 16: Starting the Assessment Process

Client Responsiveness to GIM

The Responsiveness to GIM Scale - Revised

Biographical Inquiry

Note 17: Understanding Imagery

Identify Significant Images

Elaborate and Clarify Images

Explore Imagery Sequences

Link Images to Real World

Link Imagery to Myths and Archetypes

Link Images to Spiritual and Transpersonal Realms

Note 18: On the Role of Music

The Diverse Functions of Music in GIM

The Roles of Music in the GIM Process

The Guide's Musical Responsibilities

Note 19: An Approach to Analyzing Music Programs

Steps in the Analysis

Note 20: Music Programming

Levels of Programming

An Approach to Programming

Note 21: Special and Advanced Guiding

Using Physical Interventions

Guiding Transpersonal Experiences

Guiding Healing Experiences

Guiding Psychotic and Borderline Experiences

Dealing with Resistance

Dealing with Silence

Note 22: Interactive and Group Imaging

Rationale for Group GIM

Phases in the Group Session

Interactional Formats for Group and Couple Imaging

References.

Other Resources on GIM.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 24, 2016).

ISBN:

1-937440-77-X

OCLC:

957126757