Intro
This page includes important information about how an individual GIM session with me looks like.
I will explain the main elements of the Helen Bonny Method Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) Psychotherapy through video & text:
I will explain the main elements of the Helen Bonny Method Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) Psychotherapy through video & text:
- What is GIM Psychotherapy?
- What to expect in a GIM session?
- What is Imagery?
- How does the Music work?
What is GIM Psychotherapy?
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The Helen Bonny Method Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) Psychotherapy was developed by Dr. Helen Bonny in the 70s, and is practiced throughout the world. GIM is a music-centered, consciousness-expanding, transformational therapy. What does this mean?
You either walk inside your story and own it, or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness - Brené Brown |
What to expect in a GIM session?
Here you will find a step-by-step breakdown of a GIM session, which applies to both new and returning clients. The average GIM session lasts anywhere between 90-120 minutes.
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What is Imagery?
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Imagery is everything you experience! Contrary to popular belief, imagery is not solely visual pictures. While visual pictures are a type of imagery, other types of imagery may include:
There is no right or wrong way to experience imagery! |
How does the Music work?
Music plays a very important part of our lives; Many of us listen to music every day for different things, and music activates the “feel good “ endorphins in our brains.
In GIM therapy, the music is constantly stimulating, activating, and engaging all of your senses - Music speaks to the entire brain, and anything can be possible when you open and nurture your imagination. The music experience is the heart of the process. The music serves as a 'co-therapist': The music provides a safe 'container' for the client ('traveler') to fully experience different emotional states and freely move through them. The traveler verbally describes the internal images that come to mind as the music plays. The therapist ('guide') sits close by the traveler as a support, and will respond to the images for the experience to unfold & develop. Why classical music?
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I felt that hearing carefully chosen samples of this music while in a very relaxed state of consciousness could facilitate in evoking important memories and in working through conflicts in the context of psychotherapy. I was looking for a more powerful one-to-one therapy using music and its power to reach usually hidden internal emotions through imagery processes. I knew that music could accomplish this, and that the harmonic integration of inspired music could also bring about healing and transformation when the client was ready to receive it. |