Resources

Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy: Special edition on Guided Imagery and Music

The MICO project is an ongoing Scandinavian multi–site project on music and imagery in relation to side effects of chemotherapy in children. www.micostudy.com

Grocke, D (1999) A Phenomenological Study of Pivotal Moments in Guided Imagery and Music. University of Melbourne.

Short, A. (2003). Holistic aspects of rehabilitation post-cardiac surgery in the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music.
Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology, Sydney.

Book: Guided Imagery and Music: The Bonny Method and Beyond, 2nd edition

Guided Imagery and Music: The Bonny Method and Beyond, 2nd edition

Edited by Denise E. Grocke
Barcelona Publishers, 2019

A comprehensive textbook on theory, practice, and research into the Bonny Method of GIM and its applications with individuals and groups of all ages with various needs. Models of practice of GIM are presented within Jungian, psychodynamic, Gestalt, cognitive and transpersonal orientations, and advancements to GIM are detailed (e.g., new music programs, and methods of analyzing music programs).
Theory and research on GIM are examined, and the book closes with a discussion of professional issues such as technology, ethics, supervision, and self care. The Appendices provide a comprehensive list all music programs developed by Bonny Method practitioners.

Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) and Music Imagery Methods for Individual and Group Therapy

Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) and Music Imagery Methods for Individual and Group Therapy

Edited by Denise Grocke and Torben Moe
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015
https://www.jkp.com/index.php?uk

This is the first book to systematically describe the range of approaches used in Music Imagery (MI) and Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) across the lifespan, from young children through to palliative care and older people.
Covering a broad spectrum of client populations and settings, international contributors present various adaptations of the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music to accommodate factors such as time restraints, contexts (including hospitals, schools and the wider community), medical and mental health conditions, and diversity of music programs.

A Tribute to Helen Bonny

Please click the link below to go to the Special Commemorative Issue on the Life and Work of Helen Bonny, Voices, Vol 10, No 3 (2010) https://normt.uib.no/index.php/voices/issue/view/31