Before and after GIM training for 5 years, with particular emphasis on training students personal growth, in addition to the classroom teaching and practice requirements, but also requires trainees to complete the corresponding self experience and individual music imagination training. The trainees who complete all training requirements will receive the GIM therapists qualification certificate of the American Association for music and imagination (Association for and Imagery, AMI) Music. There are two training times each year, respectively, in the summer of 7, August and winter in 12 and January, according to the training of trainees in the study and progress of training arrangements. Every two years, a new session of the first phase of the students, each new recruit 8-10 students. Non music therapy professional background requires a master's degree or above in psychology, with more than three years of clinical experience. Have a keen interest in music, mental analysis, behavior therapy, humanistic therapy, existential therapy background of the students training and is good at singing and playing students preferred; music therapy requires students to master and above.
GIM TRAINING THREE STAGES
Trainings in resource oriented musicimagery or supportive music imagery:Help clients to establish connection withinner positive resources through music. Seminars last for 6 days and traineesare required to finish self-experience, clinical practice and supervision up toa certain amount of time after the training.
Trainings in issue oriented music imageryor re-education music:Help clients to be aware of and toexperience inner stress, disturbance and conflicts, and thus to gain newinsight which leads to behavioral changes.Trainees must finish all the requirementsin level 1 to start level 2. Seminars last for 10 days in twice. Trainees arerequired to finish self-experience, clinical practice and supervision up to acertain amount of time after the seminars.
Trainings in reconstruction oriented musicimagery or Bonny’s method of guided imagery and music (BMGIM):Through particularly composed westernclassical music combination, we help the clients to go into unconscious in adeeply relaxed state, and to explore different parts of inner world, whichleads to understanding of themselves and personal growth.Trainees must finish all the requirementsin level 1 and 2 and be evaluated by trainers and supervisors to start level 3.Seminars last for 20 days in four times. Trainees are required to finishself-experience, clinical practice and supervision up to a certain amount oftime after the seminars.