Transformational Processes in Guided Imagery and Music
Bunt, Leslie G. K. - Volume: 7
Processes of transformation are integra/to the music-centered therapy Guided Imagery and Music (GiM). A complex matrix of transformations continually takes place through the changes in consciousness, changes in the images, and changes in the structural aspects of the music. The main contentions of this article are that clients seek out these transformational processes in coming to GIM and that these various changes often develop into a pattern unique to each person's journey through therapy. The article includes an example from one particular client's process. Reference is made to Ovid's Metamorphoses in connecting the nature of transformation in GIM with deep and collective processes
at the root of our hwnanity.