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Our Therapists


Peter Ballard

BSW, RGIMT
Adelaide, South Australia
Peter has a private practice in Adelaide. He uses music as a therapeutic agent in a wide range of human situations especially anxiety, depression and blocked creativity. He is also an accredited mental health social worker.
peter@musicandimagery.org.au

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.

cherie@musicandimagery.org.au

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.

liz@musicandimagery.org.au

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.

denise@musicandimagery.org.au

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.

florence@musicandimagery.org.au

Roman Ilgauskas
Roman is a registered Guided Imagery and Music therapist and a professional transpersonal counsellor and art therapist in private practice since 2000. In 2002 he co-authored a self-help booklet "Men and Separation: Choices in Tough Times" at Relationships Australia to help guide men through constructive choices when experiencing separation and divorce. Roman has taught transpersonal art therapy and counselling to students since 2004. In his private practice he works with guided imagery and music, ritual and dreams using sand play and other expressive art based processes to assist clients with exploring and discovering the many varied levels of human experience, including the unconscious and the spiritual thereby seeking to reveal the person behind the personality. He continues his Jungian studies in sandplay therapy for adults with the International Institute for Sandplay Therapy in Zurich, Switzerland. He is a clinical member of the Australian Counselling Association and a Fellow of the Association for Music and Imagery (USA) and the Music and Imagery Association of Australia.

roman@musicandimagery.org.au

Kay Kilham
Registered Music and Imagery Therapist, Gestalt Therapist. BA (Psych), Grad Dip Music and Imagery, Advanced Diploma Gestalt Therapy, Grad Dip Arts (Social Welfare)
Kay is a counselor and psychotherapist in private practice. She also facilitates workshops and groups on various topics. Kay uses both Gestalt Therapy principles and Guided Imagery and Music in her work with clients.

kay@musicandimagery.org.au

Diana Scott
Diana Scott is a Psychologist, Gestalt Therapist and Guided Imagery and Music Therapist who, in addition to her private practice, worked for many years in the area of mental health. Diana's work is now solely in her private practice. She is happy to work with the broad range of issues and life situations that adults are likely to face and to wish to resolve. Her work includes the provision of professional supervision. Diana is also experienced in Critical Incident Stress Management and is a qualified trainer in this field.
diana@musicandimagery.org.au

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.

www.musicpsychotherapy.com.au
carolyn@musicandimagery.org.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.

jeremy@musicandimagery.org.au


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.

Read more about Training for the Certificate Course in Guided Imagery & Music and download the application form.

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Certificate Course in Guided Imagery and Music - Introductory Level
This multi-modal course is designed for therapists and pastoral care workers to develop skills in using pre-recorded music programs with groups and individual clients. Dates and fees now available. Download info sheet

Patroness: Helen Bonny, PhD. Member Association of the Psychotherapy & Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) Inc. Reg No A0032180H
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