Establishing Relational Safety: A Collaborative Process with Clients in Guided Imagery and Music

with Lisa Summer, Christine Routhier & Sally McKnight Harrison

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Course curriculum

1. Welcome and Course Information
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1. Course Video
2. Course Materials
1. Post-Test and Evaluation
2. Policies

Learning Objectives

with CBMT Board Certification Domains

Participants will demonstrate an understanding of Supportive (Resource-oriented) Music Therapy and how it is applied within the Continuum Model of GIM. (CBMT Domains II.D.1, 9; III.A.1)
Participants will discuss how to combine the basic principles of the Continuum Model of GIM with the music therapy techniques they currently apply in their clinical practice. (CBMT Domains III.A.5.ff, hh)

Course Schedule

Total of 250 minutes. This is an asynchronous, online course. You can complete the course modules at your own pace and on your own schedule. Follow the instructions to complete the course evaluation and receive your CMTE certificate.

60 minutes - Experiential introduction
60 minutes - Development of GIM and the Continuum Model methods (MI and GIM)
60 minutes - Levels of psychotherapy practice (supportive, re- educative, reconstructive): goals, function of music, clinical examples
60 minutes - Supportive level experiential music exercises
10 minutes - Q/A

About the Course

Helen Bonny pioneered Guided Imagery and Music (GIM), a receptive music therapy method whose main goal is to stimulate personal exploration and growth for well adults. After creating GIM Bonny deepened her original ideas to expand GIM’s scope from well adults to include a flexible, client-centered approach with psychiatric clients. The Continuum Model of GIM organizes MI and GIM methods in levels from simple to complex (supportive, re-educative, and reconstructive levels), and systematizes their use with a trauma-informed strategy that empowers the client as a collaborator. An essential feature is the focus upon building a positive and secure relational foundation between the client and the therapist, the client and music, and the client and their inner world with a sensitivity to race, culture and power within these relationships. Examples, case study material and discussions will give a thorough understanding of the whole continuum, and experiential music exercises will demonstrate the essential elements of the supportive level of the continuum.

Lisa Summer, PhD, LMHC, MT-BC

Lisa Summer, PhD, LMHC, MT-BC, is the director of the Guided Imagery & Music Training at the Institute for Music & Consciousness in Worcester, MA. She is the former director of the Anna Maria College Music Therapy Program.

Christine Routhier, MA, LMHC, MT-BC

Christine Routhier, MA, LMHC, MT-BC, is a Fellow of the Association for Music & Imagery, supervisor for the Institute of Music & Consciousness, and has a music psychotherapy practice combining Somatic Experiencing and GIM.

Sally McKnight Harrison, MM, MA, LMHC, MT-BC

Sally McKnight Harrison, MM, MA, LMHC, MT-BC, completed her GIM training with Dr. Lisa Summer at the Institute for Music & Consciousness, where she is now a supervisor. She teaches at Lesley University, Cambridge, MA.

Statement of Relationship to CBMT

Establishing Relational Safety is approved by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT) for 5 CMTE credits. The American Music Therapy Association, #P-051 maintains responsibility for program quality and adherence to CBMT policies and criteria.

This course offers 5 LCAT Credits and 0 Ethics Credits

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