Registered GIM Therapists
The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music is practised by people who:
a) have a qualification in an allied health profession, and who
b) 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.
a) have a qualification in an allied health profession, and who
b) 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.
Therapists:
Victoria
Peter Ballard
B. Social Work, Fellow of the Association for Music and Imagery (AMI).
RGIMT
Coburg, VIC
Contact Peter at: peter.ballard1@bigpond.com
Practice Phone: 0438 898 415
Using the healing power of music, Peter draws on his extensive experience in mental health contexts to assist with working on emotional issues that pose an impediment to living life more fully. As well as using GIM in a wide range of human situations, he has experience using this modality with women who are in recovery from postnatal distress.
RGIMT
Coburg, VIC
Contact Peter at: peter.ballard1@bigpond.com
Practice Phone: 0438 898 415
Using the healing power of music, Peter draws on his extensive experience in mental health contexts to assist with working on emotional issues that pose an impediment to living life more fully. As well as using GIM in a wide range of human situations, he has experience using this modality with women who are in recovery from postnatal distress.
Cherie Baxter
Grad Dip Guided Imagery & Music, B. Mus, Spec.Cert. in Palliative Care
RMT,RGIMT
Cranbourne, VIC
Contact Cherie at: CherieGIM@bigpond.com
Practice Phone: 0425 813 309
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.
RMT,RGIMT
Cranbourne, VIC
Contact Cherie at: CherieGIM@bigpond.com
Practice Phone: 0425 813 309
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.
Liz Ely
Masters in Leadership and Management, Grad Dip Guided Imagery & Music, B. Music Therapy, AmusA
East Kew, VIC
Contact Liz at: Contact Us
Liz specialises in working with abuse, self esteem, relationship issues, life's journey questions, grief, loss and wellness.
East Kew, VIC
Contact Liz at: Contact Us
Liz specialises in working with abuse, self esteem, relationship issues, life's journey questions, grief, loss and wellness.
Denise Grocke
PhD, RMT, BC-MT, RGIMT, RAMI
Black Rock, VIC
Contact Denise at: d.grocke@unimelb.edu.au
Practice Phone: 03 9589 4284
Moblile: 0402 579 819
Therapuetic Approach: Eclectic
Individual and Group Guided Imagery and Music.
Denise heads the training program in Guided Imagery and Music, and is available for supervision sessions for therapists in training.
Black Rock, VIC
Contact Denise at: d.grocke@unimelb.edu.au
Practice Phone: 03 9589 4284
Moblile: 0402 579 819
Therapuetic Approach: Eclectic
Individual and Group Guided Imagery and Music.
Denise heads the training program in Guided Imagery and Music, and is available for supervision sessions for therapists in training.
Florence Holligan
Grad Dip Guided Imagery & Music, Registered Guided Imagery and Music Therapist, Fellow of AMI (USA), Honorary Life Member Australian Music Therapy Association
Dandenong, VIC
Contact Florence at: florence.holligan@ssjg.org.au
Practice phone/mobile: 0407 888 568
Florence comes from a background of nursing, pastoral care and music therapy. She has had a small private practice in Guided Imagery and Music for twenty-five years. She has experience in working in the areas of personal growth/wellness, grief, trauma – and a particular interest in spiritual growth and development.
Services: Personal therapy sessions.
Dandenong, VIC
Contact Florence at: florence.holligan@ssjg.org.au
Practice phone/mobile: 0407 888 568
Florence comes from a background of nursing, pastoral care and music therapy. She has had a small private practice in Guided Imagery and Music for twenty-five years. She has experience in working in the areas of personal growth/wellness, grief, trauma – and a particular interest in spiritual growth and development.
Services: Personal therapy sessions.
Roman Ilgauskas
Master of Counselling (La Trobe), Grad Dip Guided Imagery & Music, Dip Transpersonal Art Therapy, Clinical Supervisor, Executive Member SCAPE, Clinical Member PACFA, FMIAA, Candidate ISST
St. Kilda, VIC
Contact Roman at: Contact Us
Practice Phone: 0439 988 855
Roman Ilgauskas is a registered Guided Imagery and Music therapist offering counselling and psychotherapy for men and women combining a range of psychodynamic client-centred, family therapy and creative therapy approaches including art, music, Jungian Sandplay and dream work. His broad field of knowledge addresses your issues wholistically: body, mind, heart and soul. Integrative Therapy involves selecting evidence-based models and methods from across orientations to best suit you and your context.
At Relationships Australia, working with men and women experiencing the anxiety and grief of separation and divorce, Roman 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, community development and peer support. He currently teaches post graduate students at the Australian College of Applied Psychology.
St. Kilda, VIC
Contact Roman at: Contact Us
Practice Phone: 0439 988 855
Roman Ilgauskas is a registered Guided Imagery and Music therapist offering counselling and psychotherapy for men and women combining a range of psychodynamic client-centred, family therapy and creative therapy approaches including art, music, Jungian Sandplay and dream work. His broad field of knowledge addresses your issues wholistically: body, mind, heart and soul. Integrative Therapy involves selecting evidence-based models and methods from across orientations to best suit you and your context.
At Relationships Australia, working with men and women experiencing the anxiety and grief of separation and divorce, Roman 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, community development and peer support. He currently teaches post graduate students at the Australian College of Applied Psychology.
Kay Kilham
Master of Social Work (Qual), Grad Dip Guided Imagery & Music, Grad Diploma of Arts (Social Welfare), B.Arts, Advanced Diploma Gestalt Therapy
Camberwell & Ballarat, VIC
Contact Kay at: Contact Us
Practice Phone: 0400 910 989
Therapeutic Approach: Life can be a roller coaster ride - learning how to negotiate the extremes, finding meaning, knowing when to persist and when to let go - can often feel overwhelming, frustrating and lonely. Kay has a passionate interest in supporting people to find the answers that have personal meaning for them so that they can lead a life worth living. In working with people on their life journey, Kay draws on the relational principles of Gestalt Therapy hand in hand with Music centred psychotherapy (GIM), and also incorporates practical aspects of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. Through these therapeutic processes the person is supported to identify and explore impacting life issues brought to the therapy room; to improve on and/or gain effective skills; and to explore meaning and values and their impact on how we live the life we have, and the one we desire.
As an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, Kay is eligible to provide services within the parameters of Medicare. In order to be eligible for a rebate a referral from a General Practitioner is required.
Services: Individual therapy, group therapy, supervision, and workshop facilitation.
Camberwell & Ballarat, VIC
Contact Kay at: Contact Us
Practice Phone: 0400 910 989
Therapeutic Approach: Life can be a roller coaster ride - learning how to negotiate the extremes, finding meaning, knowing when to persist and when to let go - can often feel overwhelming, frustrating and lonely. Kay has a passionate interest in supporting people to find the answers that have personal meaning for them so that they can lead a life worth living. In working with people on their life journey, Kay draws on the relational principles of Gestalt Therapy hand in hand with Music centred psychotherapy (GIM), and also incorporates practical aspects of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. Through these therapeutic processes the person is supported to identify and explore impacting life issues brought to the therapy room; to improve on and/or gain effective skills; and to explore meaning and values and their impact on how we live the life we have, and the one we desire.
As an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, Kay is eligible to provide services within the parameters of Medicare. In order to be eligible for a rebate a referral from a General Practitioner is required.
Services: Individual therapy, group therapy, supervision, and workshop facilitation.
Jennifer Marr
Master of Music (Music Therapy), Grad Dip Music Therapy, Grad Dip Guided Imagery & Music
Footscray, VIC
Contact Jenny at: Contact Us
Practice Phone: 0419 340 995
Therapeutic Approach: With a background in education and Music Therapy, Jenny works with clients' general life issues as well as grief and loss, depression, trauma, illness, relationships, emotional discovery, spiritual growth and creativity. Jenny has a passion for the development of GIM in Australia and in the understanding of how the music influences all aspects of the therapeutic process.
Services: Personal therapy sessions, can offer group programs, professional and student supervision, teaching and lecturing.
Footscray, VIC
Contact Jenny at: Contact Us
Practice Phone: 0419 340 995
Therapeutic Approach: With a background in education and Music Therapy, Jenny works with clients' general life issues as well as grief and loss, depression, trauma, illness, relationships, emotional discovery, spiritual growth and creativity. Jenny has a passion for the development of GIM in Australia and in the understanding of how the music influences all aspects of the therapeutic process.
Services: Personal therapy sessions, can offer group programs, professional and student supervision, teaching and lecturing.
Rachael Martin
Master of Music (Music Therapy), Grad Dip Guided Imagery & Music , Grad Dip Music Therapy (Hons),
Bachelor of Music (Hons)
Kew East, VIC
Contact Rachael at: info@musicalkeys.com.au
Practice phone: 0425 767 241
Rachael is a Registered Guided Imagery and Music Therapist working in private practice specialising in working with health professionals and carers for their own self-care. Rachael also has a special interest in assisting musicians and other performing artists with reducing anxiety and managing the stresses of performing, which she researched in a Master of Music degree. Rachael also works with clients including the GLBTIQ community experiencing a range of life challenges including anxiety (general), depression, grief and loss, relationship issues, and transitional periods. Rachael enjoys accompanying people on a personal and spiritual growth journey, and those seeking greater health through understanding the mind-body connection.
Services: Personal therapy sessions, small group workshops (therapy or teaching).
Bachelor of Music (Hons)
Kew East, VIC
Contact Rachael at: info@musicalkeys.com.au
Practice phone: 0425 767 241
Rachael is a Registered Guided Imagery and Music Therapist working in private practice specialising in working with health professionals and carers for their own self-care. Rachael also has a special interest in assisting musicians and other performing artists with reducing anxiety and managing the stresses of performing, which she researched in a Master of Music degree. Rachael also works with clients including the GLBTIQ community experiencing a range of life challenges including anxiety (general), depression, grief and loss, relationship issues, and transitional periods. Rachael enjoys accompanying people on a personal and spiritual growth journey, and those seeking greater health through understanding the mind-body connection.
Services: Personal therapy sessions, small group workshops (therapy or teaching).
Danielle Pirrie
Grad Dip Guided Imagery & Music, Certificate of Advanced Counselling, DipEd (Art Major)
Hampton, VIC (near public transport)
Contact Danielle at: danielle.pirrie@gmail.com
Practice phone: 0410 048 671
Danielle is a registered Guided Imagery and Music Therapist working in Bayside Melbourne with adolescents, adults and groups in a small private practice. An educator and artist with over 30 years experience, she is passionate about the therapeutic value of Music, GIM and the creative arts, providing a supportive setting to promote healing and growth. She has a particular interest in working with colour which has been proven to have a profound impact on the mind and body. It is not only a fun and powerful tool but, along with music, is something that all people intuitively connect with in their daily lives.
Danielle works with clients across a wide range of life issues, with a special interest in overcoming pain, fear and anxiety, grief and loss, navigating times of transition (such as work/relationship changes, adolescence and menopause) and unlocking inner creativity.
Hampton, VIC (near public transport)
Contact Danielle at: danielle.pirrie@gmail.com
Practice phone: 0410 048 671
Danielle is a registered Guided Imagery and Music Therapist working in Bayside Melbourne with adolescents, adults and groups in a small private practice. An educator and artist with over 30 years experience, she is passionate about the therapeutic value of Music, GIM and the creative arts, providing a supportive setting to promote healing and growth. She has a particular interest in working with colour which has been proven to have a profound impact on the mind and body. It is not only a fun and powerful tool but, along with music, is something that all people intuitively connect with in their daily lives.
Danielle works with clients across a wide range of life issues, with a special interest in overcoming pain, fear and anxiety, grief and loss, navigating times of transition (such as work/relationship changes, adolescence and menopause) and unlocking inner creativity.
Marea Richardson
Graduate Certificate in Loss and Grief Counselling, Grad Dip Guided Imagery & Music, Graduate Certificate in Ignatian Spirituality, Certificate in Initiatic Art Therapy. Loss and Grief Counsellor, Spiritual Director
Kew, VIC
Contact Marea at: marea.richardson@campion.asn.au.
Practice Phone: 0402 988 849
Practice details: Marea is committed to supporting individuals towards greater emotional, spiritual and psychological wholeness. Marea is particularly interested in supporting people as they work through the effects of Loss and Grief on their Spiritual life.
She is a Registered Guided Imagery and Music Therapist and has been in Private Practice using the Bonny method of Guided Imagery and Music for eighteen years.
Kew, VIC
Contact Marea at: marea.richardson@campion.asn.au.
Practice Phone: 0402 988 849
Practice details: Marea is committed to supporting individuals towards greater emotional, spiritual and psychological wholeness. Marea is particularly interested in supporting people as they work through the effects of Loss and Grief on their Spiritual life.
She is a Registered Guided Imagery and Music Therapist and has been in Private Practice using the Bonny method of Guided Imagery and Music for eighteen years.
Deborah Alexandra Sirice
Grad Dip Guided Imagery & Music, BSc. (ID), PACFA Reg. Provisional 24257
Armadale, VIC
Contact Deborah at: alexis.1611@hotmail.com
Practice phone: 0413 410 537
Deborah is a registered Guided Imagery and Music Therapist (Bonny Method) in private practice offering individual therapy and group therapy. Deborah has extensive experience in the areas of disability, specialist behaviour support and family work. Working with populations to include the GLBTIQ and CALD communities. Deborah is also available for personal sessions for therapists in GIM training. Deborah has a special interest in working in the realms of anxiety, depression, self-esteem, grief, loss and bereavement.
Deborah is committed to assisting individuals to fulfil aspects of their mental, emotional, physical and spiritual well being by providing an opportunity to explore consciousness through the extraordinary power of music.
Armadale, VIC
Contact Deborah at: alexis.1611@hotmail.com
Practice phone: 0413 410 537
Deborah is a registered Guided Imagery and Music Therapist (Bonny Method) in private practice offering individual therapy and group therapy. Deborah has extensive experience in the areas of disability, specialist behaviour support and family work. Working with populations to include the GLBTIQ and CALD communities. Deborah is also available for personal sessions for therapists in GIM training. Deborah has a special interest in working in the realms of anxiety, depression, self-esteem, grief, loss and bereavement.
Deborah is committed to assisting individuals to fulfil aspects of their mental, emotional, physical and spiritual well being by providing an opportunity to explore consciousness through the extraordinary power of music.
Greg Stebbing
Grad Dip Guided Imagery & Music, Registered Music Therapist, Certificate in Sandplay and Symbolwork
Balliang, VIC
Contact Greg at: dvanvliet1@bigpond.com
Practice phone: 0448 908 523
Greg has extensive experience working with people having eating disorders, addictive behaviours, and mood disorders. Greg has also worked with clients who have an Aquired Brain Injury, neurological disorders such as MS, and issues around being adopted. Greg 's approach is centred on the importance of re-establishing or strengthening our relationship to our imagination.
Balliang, VIC
Contact Greg at: dvanvliet1@bigpond.com
Practice phone: 0448 908 523
Greg has extensive experience working with people having eating disorders, addictive behaviours, and mood disorders. Greg has also worked with clients who have an Aquired Brain Injury, neurological disorders such as MS, and issues around being adopted. Greg 's approach is centred on the importance of re-establishing or strengthening our relationship to our imagination.
Carolyn van Dort
MA Creative Arts Therapies, Grad Dip Guided Imagery & Music, B. Music Therapy
Registered Music Therapist, and is on the PACFA register of Psychotherapists & Counsellors
Glen Waverley, VIC
Contact Carolyn at: carolyn@musicpsychotherapy.com.au
Website: www.musicpsychotherapy.com.au
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.
Registered Music Therapist, and is on the PACFA register of Psychotherapists & Counsellors
Glen Waverley, VIC
Contact Carolyn at: carolyn@musicpsychotherapy.com.au
Website: www.musicpsychotherapy.com.au
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.
Queensland
Meran McKenzie
Master of Counselling, B. Music Therapy, Grad Dip Guided Imagery & Music
Brisbane, QLD
Contact Meran at: Contact Us
Practice Phone: 0421 704338
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 a registered Music Therapist and Guided Imagery and Music Therapist. Meran believes that GIM provides an opportunity for people who want to creatively resolve difficult life decisions and embark on a journey of personal growth.
Brisbane, QLD
Contact Meran at: Contact Us
Practice Phone: 0421 704338
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 a registered Music Therapist and Guided Imagery and Music Therapist. Meran believes that GIM provides an opportunity for people who want to creatively resolve difficult life decisions and embark on a journey of personal growth.
New South Wales
Mary Baker
Grad Dip Guided Imagery & Music. Spiritual Director
Strathfield, NSW
Contact Mary at: marypbaker60@gmail.com
Practice Phone: Contact Us
Mary is a Registered Guided Imagery and Music Therapist and Spiritual Director working currently at the Bethany Holistic Health Centre, Strathfield. In her companioning of others on the spiritual journey she offers clients the possibility, through the Guided Imagery and Music Therapy process, of experiencing music's potential for transformation and healing. Mary is particularly interested in the areas of BioSpirituality and the Evolution of Consciousness.
Strathfield, NSW
Contact Mary at: marypbaker60@gmail.com
Practice Phone: Contact Us
Mary is a Registered Guided Imagery and Music Therapist and Spiritual Director working currently at the Bethany Holistic Health Centre, Strathfield. In her companioning of others on the spiritual journey she offers clients the possibility, through the Guided Imagery and Music Therapy process, of experiencing music's potential for transformation and healing. Mary is particularly interested in the areas of BioSpirituality and the Evolution of Consciousness.
Patricia Hamilton
B.A.(Psychology), Grad Dip in Applied Psychology, Grad Dip Guided Imagery & Music
Newcastle, NSW
Contact Patricia at: patricia.hamilt@optusnet.com.au
Phone: 02 49677514 to leave a message if unanswered
Mobile: 0416 278 810
Patricia is a Registered Psychologist and Guided Imagery and Music Therapist working in private practice in Newcastle N.S.W. She specialises in grief and loss issues, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety and Depression.
She has a special interest in Dreams and how to understand and work with them and has developed an experiential program which examines the Archetypes as they play out in our lives.
Newcastle, NSW
Contact Patricia at: patricia.hamilt@optusnet.com.au
Phone: 02 49677514 to leave a message if unanswered
Mobile: 0416 278 810
Patricia is a Registered Psychologist and Guided Imagery and Music Therapist working in private practice in Newcastle N.S.W. She specialises in grief and loss issues, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety and Depression.
She has a special interest in Dreams and how to understand and work with them and has developed an experiential program which examines the Archetypes as they play out in our lives.
South Australia
Brenda Wallace
M Music (Music Therapy) BN, Grad Dip Mental Health Nursing, Grad Dip Guided Imagery & Music, Certificate in Initiatic Art Therapy
Adelaide, SA
Contact Brenda at: areyouintune@gmail.com
Practice phone: 0402 719 753
Therapeutic Approach: Brenda has an extensive background in mental health and is registered with AHPRA. She has a special interest in compassion fatigue, and in facilitating attachment based music groups for mothers of young infants.
Adelaide, SA
Contact Brenda at: areyouintune@gmail.com
Practice phone: 0402 719 753
Therapeutic Approach: Brenda has an extensive background in mental health and is registered with AHPRA. She has a special interest in compassion fatigue, and in facilitating attachment based music groups for mothers of young infants.
