Annual MI Symposium

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for MI therapists and for those considering training

Music and Imagery (MI) Symposium 2026

Date: Saturday 16 May 2026, 9:30am - 4pm, ONLINE via zoom

Introduction to MI (Helen Wallace-Bell)
From Sharp Notes to Soft Tones: A Journey Within (Caroline Bond)
From Suppression to Self-Agency: Music and Imagery in Re-educative Therapeutic Work (Verity Ransom)
Ripples of Feeling: Emotional Emergence Through Supportive Music & Imagery (Lai Yiu Yeung)
I just want to feel like myself again - Music and Imagery therapy as a treatment approach for a teenager with depression and anxiety (Carine Ries)
“A development of colour, A development of me!”: A SMI case study with an adult client living with Schizophrenia in remission (Motoko Hayata)

Music and Imagery (MI) Symposium 2025

Date: Saturday 10 May 2025, 9:30am – 5:15pm (UK time), online via zoom

Introduction to MI (Helen Wallace-Bell)
An adoptive mother’s journey of self-acceptance through MI (Crystal Luk-Worrall)
The Way We Were: A multi-method approach to music therapy to support an adult with a learning disability through bereavement (Helen Wallace-Bell)
Using Music-Imagery to treat chronic shame in psychotherapy practice (Cathy Rowland)
Workshop: what can Music & Imagery draw from Art Therapy as knowledge and practice inspiration? (Dr Dimitra Theodoropoulou)

Music and Imagery (MI) Symposium 2024

Date: Saturday 27th April 2024, 9:20am – 3pm (UK time), online via zoom

Introduction to MI (Helen Wallace-Bell)
"Finding a way to trust myself": Supportive and Reeducative Music and Imagery with a middle-aged woman following a breakdown (Susan Nares)
Resourcing in Supportive Music Imagery and Somatic Experiencing® integration (Dimitra Theodoropoulou)
Finding her Hands, Eyes and Heart: SMI and active music therapy with an 11-year-old suffering from depression (Abby Wollston)
Using SMI to support EMDR sessions with adopted young people (Crystal Luk-Worrall)
Supporting the Supporters: Online Group Music Therapy for Family Caregivers of Individuals with Huntington’s Disease (Jasenka Horvat)