Re-Experiencing the Past Through the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music
Nan Bok Lee - Volume: 16
This article focuses on how Bonny Method of GIM clients can live positive lives by re-experiencing and recalling the past in relation to the emotional memories that exert negative influences on their lives. It describes the relationships between the GIM music program, emotional memory and the brain functions in charge of memory and presents cases of re-experiencing the past and the comments of clients. It demonstrates the role of music in instances where the clients meet with wounded, rejected, and forgotten memories, deal with them, and transform themselves positively through re-experiencing and recalling the past. The recalling experience that calls forth a memory buried deep within for a long period of time is a therapeutic work that allows the present self to stand again and provides a moment of hope in the client’s life that offers them a new future.
Keywords: Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music, GIM, trauma, emotional memory