Experiences of Transcendence in Guided Imagery & Music (GIM) – An Intersubjective Perspective
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v22i2.3222Keywords:
intersubjectivity, therapeutic process, therapeutic relationship, music classification, GIM experiences of transcendence, altered states of consciousnessAbstract
In this paper, the author describes a perspective on experiences of transcendence in GIM through an integrative description of a clinical case study of GIM transcripts and a PhD study. The article summarizes results from both and develops a reflecting discussion in relation to the author’s continued post-doctoral clinical and teaching experiences. The developed perspective focuses on the process in GIM when experiences of transcendence occur and juxtaposes that to the contents of such experiences. This is argued for in terms of an intersubjective, interactive perspective on how the process among therapist, music, and client moves and deepens.
References
Abrams, B. (2001). Defining transpersonal experiences of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM). (Order No. 9990288) [Doctoral Dissertation, Temple University, USA.] Proquest Dissertations and Theses Database.
Abrams, B. (2002). Transpersonal dimensions of the Bonny Method. In K. Bruscia & D. E. Grocke (Eds.). Guided Imagery and Music: The Bonny Method and beyond (1st ed., pp. 339-358). Barcelona Publishers.
Andersen, T. (1997). Researching client-therapist relationships: A collaborative study for informing therapy. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 16(2), 125-133. https://doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.1997.16.2.125
Assagioli, R. (1965, 2006). Psykosyntes – grundläggande principer. Mareld.
Beebe, B., & Lachmann, F. M. (2005). Infant research and adult treatment: Co-constructing interactions. The Analytic Press.
Beebe, B., & Lachmann, F. M. (2013). The origins of attachment: Infant research and adult treatment. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.
Benjamin, J. (1995). Like subjects, love objects: Essays on recognition and sexual difference. Yale University Press.
Benjamin, J. (2005). From many into one. Attention, energy, and the containing of multitudes. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 15(2), 185-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/10481881509348826
Bonde, L. O. & Nygaard Pedersen, I. N. (2014). Group music and imagery (GrpMI) in the rehabilitation of psychiatric outpatients. In D. E. Grocke & T. Moe (Eds.), Guided Imagery and Music and Music Imagery Methods for Individual and Group Therapy (pp. 277-290). Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Bonde, L. O. & Mårtenson Blom, K. (2016). Music listening and the experience of surrender. An exploration of imagery experiences evoked by selected classical music from western tradition. In S. H. Kempe (Ed), Cultural psychology of musical experience (pp. 207-234). Age Publishing.
Bonny, H. L., & Summer, L. (Eds.) (2002). Music and consciousness: The evolution of Guided Imagery and Music. Barcelona Publishers.
The Boston Change Process Study Group (BCPSG) (2010). Change in psychotherapy. A unifying paradigm. Norton.
Bruscia, K. E., Grocke, D. E. (Eds.). (2002). Guided Imagery and Music: The Bonny method and beyond. Barcelona Publishers.
Fosha, D. (2000). The transforming power of affect. Basic Books.
Gabrielsson, A. (2008). Starka musikupplevelser. Kungl. Musikaliska Akademiens skriftserie nr 113. Gidlunds.
Ghent, E. (1990/2003). Masochism, submission, surrender: Masochism as a perversion of surrender. In L. Aron & S. Mitchell (Eds.), Relational psychoanalysis. The emergence of a tradition (pp. 211-242). The Analytic Press.
Grocke, D. E. (1999). A phenomenological study of pivotal moments in Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) therapy. [Doctoral Dissertation, University of Melbourne]. http://hdl.handle.net/11343/39018
Halling, S. (2008). Intimacy, transcendence, and psychology: Closeness and openness in everyday life. Palgrave MacMillan.
Huber, J., Jennissen, S., Nikendei, C., Shauenbrug, H., & Dinger, U. (2021). Agency and alliance as change factors in psychotherapy. Journal of Consultant Clinical Psychology, 89(3), 214-226. http://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000628
James, W. (1902). The varieties of religious experience: A study in human nature. Longmans, Green & Co.
Liadov, A. (1909). Enchanted Lake [Recorded by Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra]. On Liadov: Orchestral Works. Naxos (2001).
Lyons-Ruth, K. (1998). Implicit relational knowing: Its role in development and psychoanalytic treatment. Infant Mental Health Journal, 19(3), 282-289. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0355(199823)19:3%3C282::AID-IMHJ3%3E3.0.CO;2-O
Mårtenson Blom, K. (2002). Musik och samtal. Fokus på Familien, 30, 114-124. In English: Mårtenson Blom, K. (2004). Music and dialogue – Guided Imagery and Music in a systemic relational therapy setting. Human Systems: Journal of Systemic Consultation & Management, 15(4), 227-238.
Mårtenson Blom, K. (2003-2004). Guided Imagery and Music in supervision: Applications of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) for supervision and professional development. Journal of the Association for Music and Imagery, 9, 97-118.
Mårtenson Blom, K. (2004a). Kön och genus som perspektiv i handledning [Gender perspectives in supervision and consultation]. In B. Wrangsjö (Ed.), Utforska tillsammans - handledande förhållningssätt [Explore together – stance and policy in supervision and consultation] (pp. 39-64). Mareld.
Mårtenson Blom, K. (2004b). Att ordsätta det ordlösa - en handledares dagbok [To formulate the unformulated – a supervisor’s diary]. In B. Wrangsjö (Ed.), Utforska tillsammans - handledande förhållningssätt [Explore together – stance and policy in supervision and consultation], (pp. 205-235). Mareld.
Mårtenson Blom, K. (2006). Samspela, samtala, samforska – om ömsesidiga processer i terapi och forskning [Collaboration, dialogue, co-research – mutual processes in therapy and research]. Fokus på Familien, 34, 256-275. https://doi.org/10.18261/ISSN0807-7487-2006-04-03
Mårtenson Blom, K. (2010). Transpersonal - spiritual BMGIM experiences and the process of surrender. Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 20(2), 185-203. https://doi.org/10.1080/08098131.2010.487645
Mårtenson Blom, K. (2014). Experiences of transcendence and the process of surrender in Guided Imagery and Music (GIM). Development of new understanding through theories of intersubjectivity and change in psychotherapy. Doctoral Dissertation. Dept. of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, Denmark.
Mårtenson Blom, K. & Wrangsjö, B. (2013). Intersubjektivitet – det mellanmänskliga i vård och vardag [Intersubjectivity – the interpersonal field in helping professions and everyday life]. Studentlitteratur.
Porges, S.W. (2001). The polyvagal theory: Phylogenetic substrates of a social nervous system. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 42(2), 123-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-8760(01)00162-3
Sander, L. W. (2002). Thinking differently. Principles of process in living systems and the specificity of being known. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 12(1), 11–42. https://doi.org/10.1080/10481881209348652
Schore, A. N. (2003). Affect regulation and the repair of the self. Norton.
Siegel, D. (1999). The developing mind. Guilford Press.
Stern, D. (1985, 2003). Spädbarnets interpersonella värld [The Interpersonal world of the infant]. Natur & Kultur.
Stern, D. (2004). The present moment in psychotherapy and everyday life. Norton.
Stern, D., Sander, L. W., Nahum, J. P., Harrison, A. M., Lyons-Ruth, K., Morgan, A. C., Bruschweiler-Stern, N., & Tronick, E. Z. (1998). Non-Interpretive mechanisms in psychoanalytic therapy: The ‘something more’ than interpretation. Journal of Psychoanalysis, 79, 903-931.
Stinissen, W. (2004). Mitt liv i dina händer. En bok om överlåtelse. Libris.
Summer, L. (2009). Client perspectives on the music in Guided Imagery and Music. [Doctoral Dissertation]. InDiMedia, Department of Communication, Aalborg University. https://vbn.aau.dk/en/publications/client-perspectives-on-the-music-experience-in-music-centered-gui
Wampold, B. E. (2010). The basics of psychotherapy: An introduction to theory and practice. American Psychological Association.
Wampold, B. E. & Imel, Z. E. (2015). The great psychotherapy debate. Routledge.
Wärja M. (2010). Korta musikresor (KMR). På väg mot en teori om KMR som musikterapeutisk metod. Kungl. Musikhögskolan.
Wärja, M. & Bonde, L. O. (2014). Music as co-therapist. Towards a taxonomy of music in therapeutic music and imagery work. Music and Medicine, 6(2), 16-27. https://doi.org/10.47513/mmd.v6i2.175
Welton, D. (Ed.) (1999). The essential Husserl: Basic writings in transcendental phenomenology. Indiana University Press.
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2022 Katarina Mårtenson Blom
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Articles published prior to 2019 are subject to the following license, see: https://voices.no/index.php/voices/copyright
