MU158 Chapter 29: CHAP 29- FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS
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Defined by association of music and imagery ami as a music centred exploration of consciousness that uses specifically sequenced classical music programs to stimulate and sustain a dynamic unfolding of inner experiences. 1 1/2-2 hour sessions divided into 4 interlinked phases: prelude. May draw on other non verba media: relaxation induction: Assisting client to enter altered state of consciousness. Moving to point when the therapist provides an opening focus for the client"s imagery. Therapists assists client to return to the here and now. Make further verbal connections between imagery and issues. Time is also needed for sufficient trust to occur before there are sufficient inner resources to enable the specific loss to be addressed. Sometimes music listening evokes additional presence of inner helpers to support this unfolding process. Music of highly supportive, predictable and nurturing quality used in early sessions. Loss of partner was trigger for gradual unraveling of a more obscured loss, that of her own childhood innocence.
