Jungian Archetypes in GIM Therapy: Approaching the Client’s Fairytale
Short, Alison E.\ - Volume: 5
In a single session of therapy working with the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music [GIM], client material exhibited classic archetypal imagery. Interpreted from a Jungian point of view, in tenns of the fairytale, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves", a client's imagery is explored and discussed. At key points in the client's imagery, there were adaptations of the original fairy tale. These changes are shown to be related to the client's therapeutic process. The author asserts that an understanding of archetypal material in the fonn of fairy tales is valuable for both the client and the therapist in understanding and interpreting the imagery process as it may occur in GIM.