GIM Monograph #1: Facilitating GIM Sessions

Abstract: "A basic guide for facilitators of GIM therapeutic sessions. Chapters include suggested qualitites and training for a GIM guide; details for setting up a GIM session and a therapeutic contract; the more important facilitator techniques; how to work with usual and unusual GIM phenomena in clients; the populations for whom GIM seems most effective; using GIM with healthy subjects and in groups".

Note: Personal notes (LOB): Although almost 20 years old, and in some aspects out of date, the monograph offers a valuable description of core principles and axioms of GIM, based on Helen Bonny's personal experience and written in her very musical style. 1. The GIM guide 2. A GIM session includes an 8-point instruction list for travellers - what the guide should tell the client; and a description of the music session's four parts: 1. Preliminary conversation ("Systems check"), 2. the induction: relaxation-concentration exercises ("Countdown"), 3. the music-listening session ("Orbit"), 4.the post-session integration: review ("re-entry") 3. Guiding techniques the recognizable form "involving three levels of experience: a prelude (fast changing surface symbols), a bridge (ascent or descent into deeper states), and a heart or message of the session". 4. How to work with GIM phenomena Cues: Encouraging action and reaction; Encountering resistance (resistance images, solutions should not be suggested); Evoking feeling responses, "The iso principle"; Watching body responses, Dealing with fear; Interpreting bodily imagery; Fearful or fascinating experiences; Encouraging body responses; Toching or holding the client (should always be announced and accepted by the client); Reinforcing and reflecting (positive feedback); Managing a GIM session (countertransference issues); When clients regresses deeply (guide's responsibilities); 5. Who is GIM for? The importance of motivation; different client populations (this issue has been developed during the 70ies and 80ies). Lars Ole Bonde 9.12.96

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