The Music and Imagery Association of Australia (MIAA) Inc. was established in 1994.
The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) was founded by Dr Bonny, a music therapist, at the Baltimore Psychiatric Institute, USA, in the 1970s.
Guided Imagery and Music has been practised in Australia since 1985.
The Music and Imagery Association of Australia (MIAA) Inc. became a Member Association of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) in 2000.