Research has been integral to the Bonny Method since its origins in the consciousness studies of the 1970s. Over the past four decades, clinicians and academics across multiple countries have contributed to a growing body of evidence on GIM’s clinical effectiveness.
800+
Dr. Denise Grocke at the University of Melbourne has compiled over 800 research studies in GIM.
The work spans qualitative, quantitative, adaptation, and music analysis studies.
Affiliated organizations
Institutional partners and regional Bonny Method training centers
Resources
DENISE E. GROCKE (ED.)
Guided Imagery and Music: The Bonny Method and Beyond
Second edition · 2019
A comprehensive textbook on the theory, practice and research of the Bonny Method of GIM and its applications with individuals and groups of all ages. Includes chapters by Atlantis faculty Jim Borling, Sierra Stokes-Stearns and Ginger Clarkson.
Podcasts, videos, and media
Selected publications by Atlantis faculty
Sierra Stokes Stearns
- “Letting the Sound Depths Arise” AMI Journal, 1992
- “The Music of Paradox” AMI Journal, 2014
- “A Jungian Orientation to GIM” The Bonny Method and Beyond, Vol. II, 2019
- “Perspectivas de la Psicología Junguiana y el Método Bonny” The Bonny Method and Beyond, Vol. II, 2019
Carol A. Bush
- Healing Imagery & Music: Pathways to the Inner Self
- Published in AMI Journal, The Arts and Psychotherapy, The Mozart Effect, The Whole Mind
Ginger Clarkson
Jim Borling
Maria Montserrat Gimeno
Nami Yoshihara
- Yoshihara, N. (2025). An exploration of the therapist's reactions to unanticipated clients' experiences in GIM: A phenomenological study. Journal of the Association for Music and Imagery, 22, 77-96.
- Yoshihara, N., Acebes-de-Pablo, A., & Honig, T. (2024). Relationships Between Cultural Factors and Engaging in Guided Imagery and Music: An Exploratory Qualitative Study. Journal of music therapy, 61(1), 34–62. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/thad022
- Yoshihara, N. (2020). Exploration of the depth of GIM with medical patients. Journal of the association for music and imagery, 17, 88-106.
