Registered GIM Therapists
The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music is practised by people who
1. have a qualification in an allied health profession, and who
2. have then completed a post-graduate diploma in the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music from a training program endorsed by the Music and Imagery Association of Australia Inc.
Registered GIM therapists (RGIMTs) have completed a two-tiered, post graduate training program over a period of at least three years.
RGIMTs are accredited by the Music and Imagery Association of Australia (MIAA) Inc. and are eligible to complete requirements for inclusion on PACFA's Register of Practitioners.
RGIMTs are bound by the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice of MIAA Inc. and PACFA Inc.
1. have a qualification in an allied health profession, and who
2. have then completed a post-graduate diploma in the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music from a training program endorsed by the Music and Imagery Association of Australia Inc.
Registered GIM therapists (RGIMTs) have completed a two-tiered, post graduate training program over a period of at least three years.
RGIMTs are accredited by the Music and Imagery Association of Australia (MIAA) Inc. and are eligible to complete requirements for inclusion on PACFA's Register of Practitioners.
RGIMTs are bound by the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice of MIAA Inc. and PACFA Inc.
Our Therapists
Peter Ballard
Bachelor of Social Work. Fellow of the Association for Music and Imagery.
Clifton Hill, Victoria
In his private practice as a Guided Imagery and Music Therapist, Peter works with
a wide range of human situations especially anxiety, depression, grief, and blocked creativity.
He is also an accredited mental health social worker with a special interest and
skills in the area of post natal distress.
Contact Peter at Contact Us
a wide range of human situations especially anxiety, depression, grief, and blocked creativity.
He is also an accredited mental health social worker with a special interest and
skills in the area of post natal distress.
Contact Peter at Contact Us
Cherie Baxter
B. Mus, RMT, Grad Dip Guided Imagery & Music, RGIMT, Spec.Cert. in Palliative Care
Cranbourne, Victoria
Cherie has a background as a music therapist addressing a broad range of people and needs, including chronic and life-threatening illnesses, grief and loss, and mental illness, Cherie provides a creative, supportive and practical collaboration with clients towards greater adjustment and enriched living. Special interests include stress management, self-care, transpersonal/integral development and lifestyle.
Contact Cherie at CherieGIM@bigpond.com
Practice Phone: 0425813309
Cranbourne, Victoria
Cherie has a background as a music therapist addressing a broad range of people and needs, including chronic and life-threatening illnesses, grief and loss, and mental illness, Cherie provides a creative, supportive and practical collaboration with clients towards greater adjustment and enriched living. Special interests include stress management, self-care, transpersonal/integral development and lifestyle.
Contact Cherie at CherieGIM@bigpond.com
Practice Phone: 0425813309
Liz Ely
Masters in Leadership and Management, B. Music Therapy, Grad Dip Guided Imagery & Music, AmusA
East Kew, Victoria
Liz specialises in working with abuse, self esteem, relationship issues, life's journey questions, grief, loss and wellness.
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Denise Grocke
PhD, RMT, BC-MT, RGIMT, RAMI
Parkville, Victoria
Denise heads the training program in Guided Imagery and Music, and is available for supervision sessions for therapists in training.
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Florence Holligan
Registered Music Therapist, Registered Guided Imagery and Music Therapist
Dandenong, Victoria
Private practice in GIM since 1993. Experience in working in areas of personal growth/wellness, trauma, grief. Special interest in spiritual growth and development.
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Dandenong, Victoria
Private practice in GIM since 1993. Experience in working in areas of personal growth/wellness, trauma, grief. Special interest in spiritual growth and development.
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Roman Ilgauskas
Grad Diploma Guided Imagery and Music (Melb Uni), Dip Transpersonal Counselling, Dip Transpersonal
Art Therapy, Dip Shamanic Studies, Clinical Member SCAPE, PACFA, FAMI, FMIAA, MAAHTC, VAHTC, ACA (Level 3)
St.Kilda, Victoria
Roman Ilgauskas is a registered Guided Imagery and Music therapist offering transpersonal counselling and psychotherapy for men and women that integrate a range of psychodynamic and expressive therapy approaches including art, music, Jungian Sandplay and dream work.
Roman's therapeutic framework has been greatly influenced by his work, personally and professionally, with Dr. Robert A. Johnson, international lecturer, Jungian analyst and author of He, She, Inner Work, and other ground-breaking books. These experiences gained through working with Robert Johnson have been central to his own learning and understanding.
In Relationships Australia, working with men experiencing the anxiety and grief of separation and divorce, Roman has co-authored the self-help book Men and Separation: Navigating the Future. His background has included wilderness therapy on the far northern Canadian lakes of Ontario with the Teme-Augama Anishinabe First Nation people, community development and peer support, as well as varied areas of Human Resources particularly management training and development. He currently teaches counselling students at the Phoenix Institute of Australia.
Practice Phone No: (03) 99424422
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St.Kilda, Victoria
Roman Ilgauskas is a registered Guided Imagery and Music therapist offering transpersonal counselling and psychotherapy for men and women that integrate a range of psychodynamic and expressive therapy approaches including art, music, Jungian Sandplay and dream work.
Roman's therapeutic framework has been greatly influenced by his work, personally and professionally, with Dr. Robert A. Johnson, international lecturer, Jungian analyst and author of He, She, Inner Work, and other ground-breaking books. These experiences gained through working with Robert Johnson have been central to his own learning and understanding.
In Relationships Australia, working with men experiencing the anxiety and grief of separation and divorce, Roman has co-authored the self-help book Men and Separation: Navigating the Future. His background has included wilderness therapy on the far northern Canadian lakes of Ontario with the Teme-Augama Anishinabe First Nation people, community development and peer support, as well as varied areas of Human Resources particularly management training and development. He currently teaches counselling students at the Phoenix Institute of Australia.
Practice Phone No: (03) 99424422
Contact Roman at Contact Us
Kay Kilham
MSW; BA; Graduate Diploma in Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music; Graduate Diploma of Arts (Social Welfare); Advanced Diploma Gestalt Therapy.
Member: AASW, MIAA.
Therapeutic Approach:
Kay believes in the importance of a positive therapeutic relationship as an agent for change. Using the relational principles of Gestalt Therapy hand in hand with music centred psychotherapy, the client is helped to identify strengths, explore problems, and learn new coping skills. Kay works in the area of Mental Health and has an interest in working with parents with a mental illness and also with carers of people with mental illness and other chronic illnesses.
Services:
Individual therapy; group therapy sessions; workshop facilitation; teaching.
Practice Name & address:
Ma'at Holistic Health, 721 Riversdale Road, Camberwell, Victoria.
Practice Phone: 0412 785 031
Contact Kay at: Contact Us
Member: AASW, MIAA.
Therapeutic Approach:
Kay believes in the importance of a positive therapeutic relationship as an agent for change. Using the relational principles of Gestalt Therapy hand in hand with music centred psychotherapy, the client is helped to identify strengths, explore problems, and learn new coping skills. Kay works in the area of Mental Health and has an interest in working with parents with a mental illness and also with carers of people with mental illness and other chronic illnesses.
Services:
Individual therapy; group therapy sessions; workshop facilitation; teaching.
Practice Name & address:
Ma'at Holistic Health, 721 Riversdale Road, Camberwell, Victoria.
Practice Phone: 0412 785 031
Contact Kay at: Contact Us
Carolyn Van Dort
Registered Music Therapist, MA Creative Arts Therapies and is on the PACFA register of Psychotherapists & Counsellors
Glen Waverley, Victoria
Carolyn works with clients who have difficulty in the understanding and healing of childhood traumas. She also works with those who experience difficulties with issues around loss including bereavement, suicide, divorce, retrenchment, early retirement and loneliness. Carolyn also facilitates music based mindfulness groups and individual sessions, a process based on mindfulness techniques and music psychotherapy.
Contact Carolyn at hello@musicpsychotherapy.com.au
Website: www.musicpsychotherapy.com.au
Contact Carolyn at hello@musicpsychotherapy.com.au
Website: www.musicpsychotherapy.com.au
Jeremy Williams
BA(Psych), Mus GIT(Hons), Grad Dip Mus Ther, Grad Dip Guided Imagery & Music
Brisbane, Queensland
Jeremy is a counselor and music therapist working in private practice as well as having worked as a consultant for a number of organisations including hospitals, paramedics, fire departments, social workers and healing centers. He works with a broad range of clients that include those with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, chronic pain, life threatening illnesses as well as the 'worried well' population encompassing a range of anxiety and depression issues.
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Brisbane, Queensland
Jeremy is a counselor and music therapist working in private practice as well as having worked as a consultant for a number of organisations including hospitals, paramedics, fire departments, social workers and healing centers. He works with a broad range of clients that include those with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, chronic pain, life threatening illnesses as well as the 'worried well' population encompassing a range of anxiety and depression issues.
Contact Jeremy at Contact Us
Brenda Wallace
BN, Graduate Diploma Mental Health Nursing, Graduate Diploma in Guided Imagery and Music, Certificate in Initiatic Art Therapy,
Adelaide South Australia.
Therapeutic Approach
She works from a client-centred and culturally sensitive perspective, drawing on a range of psychological theories, while allowing clients to explore problems and issues at their own pace Her aim is to help clients enrich their lives, heal wounds, and find new perspectives on their life stories.
Brenda is a registered health professional and registered Guided Imagery and Music Therapist with extensive experience in a wide range of issues that affect mental and physical health. Her expertise lies in family-related problems, postnatal distress, unresolved issues from childhood, chronic and life threatening conditions, grief and loss, anxiety, and weight management.
Practice name and address:
Music and Therapy at Aldinga Beach and at Sophia, 225 Cross Road, Cumberland Park Sth Aust
Practice phone: 0402719753
Contact Brenda: brenda@musicandtherapy.com.au
Website: www.musicandtherapy.com.au
Adelaide South Australia.
Therapeutic Approach
She works from a client-centred and culturally sensitive perspective, drawing on a range of psychological theories, while allowing clients to explore problems and issues at their own pace Her aim is to help clients enrich their lives, heal wounds, and find new perspectives on their life stories.
Brenda is a registered health professional and registered Guided Imagery and Music Therapist with extensive experience in a wide range of issues that affect mental and physical health. Her expertise lies in family-related problems, postnatal distress, unresolved issues from childhood, chronic and life threatening conditions, grief and loss, anxiety, and weight management.
Practice name and address:
Music and Therapy at Aldinga Beach and at Sophia, 225 Cross Road, Cumberland Park Sth Aust
Practice phone: 0402719753
Contact Brenda: brenda@musicandtherapy.com.au
Website: www.musicandtherapy.com.au
Meran McKenzie
MCouns, BMus Therapy, Grad Dip Guided Imagery and Music
Brisbane, Queensland
Therapeutic Approach:
Meran works from a person-centred framework in which the therapist maintains a respectful and positive relationship with each person. Meran believes that GIM is a gentle and effective way to work with people who have experienced difficult life events or trauma. Meran has worked as a music therapist for many years in mental health and aged care. She is currently working as a counsellor with women who have experienced domestic and family violence and also with pregnant and parenting mothers who have substance use issues. In private practice Meran employs music psychotherapy with people who are concerned with issues relating to trauma, domestic violence, grief and loss, anxiety and depression. She is registered with the Australian Music Therapy Association and a Registered Guided Imagery and Music Therapist. Meran believes that Guided Imagery and Music provides an opportunity for people who want to creatively resolve difficult life decisions and embark on a journey of personal growth.
Practice phone: 0421 704338
Contact Meran at: Contact Us
Brisbane, Queensland
Therapeutic Approach:
Meran works from a person-centred framework in which the therapist maintains a respectful and positive relationship with each person. Meran believes that GIM is a gentle and effective way to work with people who have experienced difficult life events or trauma. Meran has worked as a music therapist for many years in mental health and aged care. She is currently working as a counsellor with women who have experienced domestic and family violence and also with pregnant and parenting mothers who have substance use issues. In private practice Meran employs music psychotherapy with people who are concerned with issues relating to trauma, domestic violence, grief and loss, anxiety and depression. She is registered with the Australian Music Therapy Association and a Registered Guided Imagery and Music Therapist. Meran believes that Guided Imagery and Music provides an opportunity for people who want to creatively resolve difficult life decisions and embark on a journey of personal growth.
Practice phone: 0421 704338
Contact Meran at: Contact Us
