Music and dialogue – Guided Imagery and Music in a systemic relational therapy setting

Abstract

This article presents how the music psychotherapeutic method, Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music – BMGIM, is used in a family therapeutic setting. Thoughts around how music can be regarded as a metaphor for the therapeutic and dialogic process are also presented. The musical language is reflected upon as a tool for developing our therapeutic presence when meeting people in therapeutic work1. Introduction In this article, the usefulness of music as metaphor for interaction, therapeutic process and self development will be explored. Secondly, I will describe how music is used within the frame of