Document Type

White Paper

Publication Date

6-1-2018

Music and Health Institute Terms

Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music; Emotional Functioning; Music Listening; Music Therapy; Receptive Music Methods; Substance Abuse and Addiction

Abstract

The author proposes reuniting the disciplines of music and medicine in the service of alleviating the impact of pain, addiction, and trauma on human life. Music listening can reduce symptomology, reduce the use of medicine, and reduce costs. In the author's work conducting the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) with adults in treatment for a chronic addiction, she found that after a series of GIM sessions, patients began talking about letting go, moving on, and finding empowerment and transformation.

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