Training in Music & Imagery and Guided Imagery & Music (GIM)
Prerequisites: A bachelor’s degree, or equivalent level of academic training and life experience. Applicants also require their own professional indemnity insurance or evidence that they are covered by their place of work.
Training: Training consists of 3 Intensive Levels.
Level 1 – 30 hours of didactic and experiential training introducing music and imagery methods, imagery and symbolism, working in altered states of consciousness, and mandala drawing as a therapeutic process. Experiential sessions include both individual and group experiences.
Level 2 – 50 hours of didactic and experiential training at a greater depth than Level 1. Training will include the core elements of GIM, contra-indications, session structure, inductions, guiding skills and processing skills. 10 practice sessions in non-clinical settings are required.
Level 3 – Trainees are facilitating the GIM process in a supervised clinical practice. Teaching is over a minimum of 2 years involving 3 x 5 day intensives or equivalent. Trainees conduct 75 sessions with clients, 15 of which are supervised, and pursue 15 personal therapy sessions in GIM. There are reading and written requirements.
At the completion of Level 3 trainees are able to register with The Music and Imagery Association of Australia, MIAA and The Association for Music and Imagery AMI in USA.
For more information and an application form for Level 1 or 2, please contact Carolyn Van Dort carolyn@musicpsychotherapy.com.au
Training: Training consists of 3 Intensive Levels.
Level 1 – 30 hours of didactic and experiential training introducing music and imagery methods, imagery and symbolism, working in altered states of consciousness, and mandala drawing as a therapeutic process. Experiential sessions include both individual and group experiences.
Level 2 – 50 hours of didactic and experiential training at a greater depth than Level 1. Training will include the core elements of GIM, contra-indications, session structure, inductions, guiding skills and processing skills. 10 practice sessions in non-clinical settings are required.
Level 3 – Trainees are facilitating the GIM process in a supervised clinical practice. Teaching is over a minimum of 2 years involving 3 x 5 day intensives or equivalent. Trainees conduct 75 sessions with clients, 15 of which are supervised, and pursue 15 personal therapy sessions in GIM. There are reading and written requirements.
At the completion of Level 3 trainees are able to register with The Music and Imagery Association of Australia, MIAA and The Association for Music and Imagery AMI in USA.
For more information and an application form for Level 1 or 2, please contact Carolyn Van Dort carolyn@musicpsychotherapy.com.au
Our Trainers:
PROF. DENISE GROCKE
Professor Denise Grocke PhD, RMT, MT-BC, FAMI is Director of Guided Imagery and Music training at the University of Melbourne. She is co-author of Receptive Methods in Music Therapy (2007), and co-editor of The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (2002). She has numerous book chapters and articles in refereed journals on music therapy and Guided Imagery and Music. She was a co-founder of the Music and Imagery Association of Australia (1994).
Professor Denise Grocke PhD, RMT, MT-BC, FAMI is Director of Guided Imagery and Music training at the University of Melbourne. She is co-author of Receptive Methods in Music Therapy (2007), and co-editor of The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (2002). She has numerous book chapters and articles in refereed journals on music therapy and Guided Imagery and Music. She was a co-founder of the Music and Imagery Association of Australia (1994).
CAROLYN VAN DORT
MA (Creative Arts Therapies), RGIMT, RMT is listed on the PACFA register of Psychotherapists & Counsellors, and has 20 years experience in Music Therapy and Guided Imagery and Music.
Carolyn has been facilitating the Certificate Course since 2004. She also works as a psychotherapist in private practice and in community groups using a music and mindfulness approach.
MA (Creative Arts Therapies), RGIMT, RMT is listed on the PACFA register of Psychotherapists & Counsellors, and has 20 years experience in Music Therapy and Guided Imagery and Music.
Carolyn has been facilitating the Certificate Course since 2004. She also works as a psychotherapist in private practice and in community groups using a music and mindfulness approach.
JENNIFER MARR
Mmus, RMT, RGIMT
Jenny Marr has been practicing as a Music Therapist and Guided Imagery and Music Therapist for 20 years and is a Clinical Member of the PACFA Register of Practitioners. Originally a music educator, Jenny is part of the teaching team for the Certificate Course in Music and Imagery for Health. Jenny uses a music psychotherapy model with individual clients and groups in her private practice that includes clinical supervision of students and professional clinicians. She has a particular interest in researching the influence of music in the GIM process.
Mmus, RMT, RGIMT
Jenny Marr has been practicing as a Music Therapist and Guided Imagery and Music Therapist for 20 years and is a Clinical Member of the PACFA Register of Practitioners. Originally a music educator, Jenny is part of the teaching team for the Certificate Course in Music and Imagery for Health. Jenny uses a music psychotherapy model with individual clients and groups in her private practice that includes clinical supervision of students and professional clinicians. She has a particular interest in researching the influence of music in the GIM process.
