Guided Imagery and Music Practice 1

This subject is not offered in 2008.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Setting up the therapeutic session; identifying key issues; inductions; overview of guiding skills; types of imagery; transcript skills; states of consciousness; assessment and screening; contraindications of the method; the structure and dynamics of a series of sessions.

A paper of 1500 words related to case material.

Bruscia, K and D Grocke (Eds). (2002) Guided Imagery and Music: The Bonny Method and Beyond. Gilsum: Barcelona publishers.

Bonny, H. (2002) Music and Consciousness. Gilsum: Barcelona publishers.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On completion of this subject, students will have:

• revised key procedures in conducting GIM sessions;
• gained an understanding of appropriate screening procedures for accepting clients into therapy;
• gained an understanding of contraindications of GIM therapy (clients unsuited for this therapy);
• gained knowledge of the dynamics of long term GIM therapy.