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Media and other resources
Videos and podcasts for therapists interested in Music and Imagery (MI) and Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) training
To view a video, please click on its title
Overview of Supportive and Re-educative MI
(by Martin Lawes, founder and director of the Integrative GIM Training Programme and of Music Imagery Hub)
The collaborative process of music selection in MI
(by Elien De Schryver, music psychotherapist and MI therapist)
The role of Music and Imagery (MI) in processing the therapist's countertransference
(by Verity Ransom, music therapist and MI therapist)
A summary is provided by Verity in written form here
The integration of MI and EMDR
(by Crystal Luk-Worrall, music therapist, MI therapist and EMDR therapist)
MI in practice, its applications and benefits
(by Carine Ries, music therapist and MI therapist)
Podcast interview discussing Supportive and Re-educative MI
(Helen Wallace-Bell, Assistant Course Director, interviewed by Martin Lawes, the podcast produced by the British Association for Music Therapy)
Links to articles about MI
Journal Article about Supportive Music and Imagery (SMI) with case examples
(by Sumi Paik-Maier, Voices: a world forum for music therapy)
Other journal articles, book chapters and research
Jerling, P. & van der Merwe, L. (2023). Clients’ experiences of Music and Imagery (MI) sessions: An integrative literature review. Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy.
Jerling, P., Angulo Sánchez-Prieto, C., & Solana Rubio, I. (2024). Selecting the best music for the moment in a Music and Imagery session: how do we experience the choosing? A trioethnography. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 24(1).
Lawes, M. J. (2022). On Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) as both part of music therapy and as separate from it. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 22 (1).
Paik-Maier, S. (2010) 'Supportive music and imagery method', Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 10(3).
Paik-Maier, S. (2013) 'Music and imagery self-experience in the clinical supervision of trainees in guided imagery and music', in Bruscia, K.E. (ed.) Self-experiences in music therapy education, training, and supervision [e-book]. Gilsum, NH: Barcelona Publishers. E-ISBN : 9781937440435.
Paik-Maier, S. (2017). An exploratory study of the processes of Supportive Music and Imagery therapy conducted in South Korea [Doctoral dissertation, The Tavistock and Portman Foundation and the University of East London]. Tavistock and Portman repository.
Summer, L. (2012). Case Examples of Levels of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) Therapy: The Evolution of a Continuum. In K. Bruscia (Ed.) Case Examples of Guided Imagery and Music. Barcelona Publishers.
Summer, L. (2015). The Journey of GIM Training from Self-Exploration to a Continuum of Clinical Practice. In Grocke, D., & Moe, T. (Eds.). Guided Imagery & Music (GIM) and Music Imagery Methods for Individual and Group Therapy. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.