Graduate Diploma in Guided Imagery and Music (428AA)

This course is not available for commencement in 2017.

Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) is a receptive music therapy method that uses music in conjunction with relaxation techniques, visualisation and active imagination to treat grief, stress, trauma, chronic illness and palliative care.

This course provides advanced level training in Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) therapy. It is designed for music therapy graduates and professionals from allied fields, who have completed introductory and intermediate courses in Guided Imagery and Music offered through the Music and Imagery association of Australia.

The course is delivered through a series of eight weekend intensive seminars (four each year) in February, May, August and November. In the intervening months between seminars, students will be involved in client practice sessions, in supervised sessions, in reading and written assignment work.

The course is approved by the Music and Imagery Association Australia (MIAA) and the Association for Music and Imagery (AMI) in the USA. Graduates are eligible to apply for registration with the MIAA, recognition as Fellows of AMI and potential recognition as clinical members of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA).