FIND A THERAPIST:
ENGLAND:
Leslie Bunt MBE, BA (Hons. Music), PGCert. (Music), LGSM (MT), PhD, FAMI, FRSA
Seaford East Sussex
07974 356540
I trained as a music therapist in 1976 with Juliette Alvin at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London and since then have worked, both in practice and as a researcher, with children and adults with wide-ranging healthcare needs. I began teaching music therapy students in 1980 at the Guildhall School and more recently at the University of the West of England, Bristol where I am currently Emeritus Professor in Music Therapy. I am a registered music therapist with the HCPC.
I trained In GIM with Dr Kenneth Bruscia, obtaining the Fellowship of the Association for Music and Imagery (AMI) in 1999 and becoming a Primary Trainer in 2006. I was a founding member of the European Network of GIM (ENGIM) and am both a European Association of Music and Imagery (EAMI) registered GIM therapist and trainer. Please see my website for details of selected publications, biography, and conference presentations.
In 2022 I will be opening a converted private space (restrictions permitted) with a separate entrance at my new home on the South coast in Seaford, East Sussex, to be used specifically for individual GIM and supervision sessions. At this stage in my evolving practice, I am particularly interested in the use of GIM for personal growth, connections with spirituality and creativity.
Jasenka Horvat FAMI, MT
London
07525 118 784
Private Practice (including online - UK and internationally). Bonny Method GIM Therapist. Music and Imagery Therapist. Assistant GIM Trainer. Supervisor. HCPC registered Music Therapist. Languages: English, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian
Preet Kalsi,FAMI, MT
Birmingham/ West Midlands
07852 115453
HCPC Registered. FAMI. Private practice, supervision - UK and Malaysia. Bonny Method GIM. Mental health - trauma, addiction, complex grief, psychosis, autism, Non-Suicidal Self Injury (NSSI), individuals using wheelchairs. I work within an integrative, multi-cultural and indigenous framework.
Matina Karastatira BA Music, MA Music Therapy, SMI, MB (Advanced Trainee in BMGIM & RMI)
London
07305456061
I have been an HCPC registered music therapist since 2008. I have experience working as a music therapist in various settings, both with children and adults. I am a member of EAMI, AMI and BAMT. I have done further studies in the continuum model of Guided Imagery and Music. I hope to use the continuum model to help people improve their well-being by using creative arts. I use GIM in my current work with adolescents in a secondary school with children with emotional and behavioural issues. I hold a private GIM practice offering online and face-to-face sessions in Southeast London , for people seeking to understand their attitudes and ways of being. I have finished my training on the Supportive Music and Imagery Model and Music Breathing. However, I am still in the process of completing my qualifications on the Re-educative Model and the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music.
Helen Mason BAHons., Dip.MusTh., FAMI. CRCT Dip
Bristol and Global /online
07759 938803
www.rezonance.co.uk
I offer GIM sessions online and have had a GIM private practice for over 10 years. I have been working as a music therapist for 30 years and am registered with HCPC. I have done a further specialist training to work online. I also offer supervision for GIM practitioners and trainees. My way of working is music-centred and influenced by humanistic and psychodynamic approaches. I also work as a couples’ therapist and my relational approach enhances what I offer. I work with an awareness of the body and transpersonal experiences
Maria Radoje LGSM, Dip. Orch, MA, FAMI
London & Stroud Gloucestershire / Online
Music Therapy Reimagined
07020 903138
https://www.musictherapyreimagined.com/
maria@musictherapyreimagined.com
I am an HCPC registered music therapist of 25 years experience, working with people of all ages and abilities. I run a private supervision, music therapy and GIM practice supporting people with mental health issues, stress and trauma, as well as performing artists and arts psychotherapy students.
I can offer a richly creative approach, including working with the breath, using Breath Body Mind techniques, and am trained in Music and Care, as well as the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music, tailoring sessions according to your needs. I work with a compassionate, trauma informed approach towards self development and the healing process, and welcome people who wish to explore, deepen and understand their spiritual life, in whatever form that may take. I work in person in London and Stroud, Gloucestershire as well as online globally.
Carine Ries FAMI, MIT
East London/ Essex
07968 983034
Private Practice and supervision, online sessions also available
Roddy Skeaping (Advanced Trainee)
Whitstable
07958 911749
Hilary Storer MA, ARCM, Dip Perf RCM, NMT, FAMI.
Mid Wales & Herefordshire
07966 526615
musicandimagerytherapy@gmail.com
I am a qualified music therapist, registered with HCPC, currently working in the field of acquired brain injury and neurological conditions. I followed a career as a professional orchestral musician for 20 years before developing an interest in music and health.
Celia Tudor-Evans
Leamington Spa
+447815714088
One of the first practitioners qualified in the UK in 1994 and a founder member of MAIA
Annie Tyhurst B.Mus(Hons), HCPC Reg. Music Therapist, FAMI., RMN.
Chepstow /Forest of Dean / Bristol
01594 840869
I am an experienced music therapist and registered supervisor, and I have assisted on GIM Training programmes. Originally I trained as a psychiatric nurse, then became a specialist music teacher (mainstream and special education) prior to music therapy training. I work from an eclectic and creative perspective using mandala and improvisation. I am based near Chepstow on the Welsh borders/Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, and am close to Bristol too.
Helen Wallace MIT, IMBP, Advanced GIM Trainee (Level 4)
Hampshire
07951 622 030 routesforchange@protonmail.com/www.routesforchange.uk/www.wholestep.org.uk
I have been an HCPC registered Music Therapist since 2007, working in the fields of learning disability, dementia, and mental health, with both adults and young people. I am also a qualified Music & Imagery Therapist and Independent Music Breathing Practitioner, and am an advanced level trainee in GIM. I am a member of the Association for Music & Imagery and the British Association for Music Therapy.
I work for Whole Step CIC non-profit Music Therapy and Community music organisation, as well as in private practice. I can offer online reduced cost GIM sessions whilst finishing training (Bonny Method & Continuum method), and also offer Music & Imagery Therapy, Music Breathing sessions, and clinical supervision (including for Music & Imagery/receptive/relaxation work). I have a special interest in working with stress and anxiety, emotional trauma, and the relationship between physical and emotional pain. My work is tailored to suit individual needs and founded on a belief that trust, compassion, and creativity are at the heart of the therapeutic relationship, inspiring change and unlocking inner potential.
If you cannot find a therapist in your area, please email findhelpmaia@gmail.com
IRELAND & NORTHERN IRELAND:
Lorraine Glenn MA Music Therapy, Dip. Systemic Practice, BA Music, FAMI.
Belfast
078 0865 0635
I qualified as a Music Therapist in 2009. I am registered with the HCPC and a member of BAMT. I work with children and adolescents who have experienced trauma and older adults in a nursing home setting. I have a Diploma in Systemic Practice and Family Therapy and work with families who are in crisis. I have experience working with adults with Acquired Brain Injury and children and adolescents with moderate - severe/profound learning disabilities and Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
Tommy Hayes , FAMI, MT
Co Claire
363876236292
Private Practice
Ian Leslie
Kildare
Assistant trainer, private practice
Susan Nares MAMT., FAMI., GTCL., PGCE., Dip BAST.
Ballydehob,
Co Cork
087 4529200
I have a background in education and music therapy and run a varied practice offering sessions both in person and on-line. I am particularly experienced in working with people who have life limiting conditions and have a special interest in personal and spiritual growth. I am registered with IACAT and EAMI.
SCOTLAND:
Jojo Lander (she/her) ARCM, MA Music Therapy, FAMI, MIT
Glasgow. South Lanarkshire area
07815 656209
maiscotland@gmail.com
www.musicandimageryscotland.com
HCPC Registered. Jojo is an independent Music Therapist, Guided Imagery and Music practitioner (BMGIM) and Music and Imagery Therapist (MIT). Experienced in health care, education, community settings and independent practice, Jojo offers a range of flexible approaches to suit a variety of interests and needs for individuals and groups. Sessions can take place in person at your home, in the designated therapy space in South Lanarkshire or online. Jojo is available for consultation and supervision (music therapy, MI/GIM) and facilitates weekly Supportive Music and Imagery (SMI) group sessions at a residential drug and alcohol recovery and rehabilitation centre in South Lanarkshire. As a member of the Chiron International GIM Training team, working alongside Leslie Bunt and
experienced GIM Fellows, Jojo facilitates training in the Bonny Method of GIM and adapted approaches for a range of client groups. The Chiron training programme is endorsed by the Association of Music and Imagery https://www.ami-bonnymethod.org
April Parkins, MSc, FAMI, Cert: Music Breathing
I am a music therapist and psychodynamic counsellor/ psychotherapist. I am registered with the HCPC, and am an accredited member of BACP and EAMI. I have practised extensively within both disciplines, and have wide experience in the field of mental health. In addition to my therapy work, I also offer supervision to music therapists and counsellors.
I am particularly interested in each person’s individual journey within GIM. By inviting experiences from our deeper layers of consciousness, we become more in touch with our inner worlds and able to discover new insights. I integrate music therapy and verbal psychotherapy to support this process of exploration in GIM.
I offer sessions in Edinburgh, Wellspring Scotland. Please email me if you would like further information.
Suzannah Scott-Moncrieff MA, FAMI, HCPC Registered Music Therapist (she/her)
Telehealth only throughout the U.K.
Suzannah has practiced music therapy since 2004, and been a GIM Fellow since 2012. Since 2015 she has focused on working with people with lived experiences of trauma by participating in advanced trainings in integrative trauma studies and AEDP (accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy). Suzannah uses the continuum model of guided imagery and music in her work, which privileges collaborative decision-making and centres a person’s preferred music, safety, and pleasure, alongside their therapeutic needs and stated goals. Suzannah is committed to an anti-oppressive practice.
WALES:
Dr Elizabeth Coombes FHEA, FAMI
SE Wales
I qualified as an HCPC registered Music Therapist in 2000, and have been working as a clinician and educator in this field ever since. I have a private practice in S E Wales as well as other clinical work and university teaching. I work with a variety of clients who are looking for a creative and holistic way of of approaching therapy. Issues relating to life change, anxiety and bereavement can benefit from my approach which is transpersonal as well as being informed by psychodynamic principles. I also work with artists, musicians and dancers who want to explore their creative selves. I operate a sliding fee scale according to circumstances.
Hilary Storer MA, ARCM, Dip Perf RCM, NMT, FAMI.
Mid Wales & Herefordshire
07966 526615
musicandimagerytherapy@gmail.com
I am a qualified music therapist, registered with HCPC, currently working in the field of acquired brain injury and neurological conditions. I followed a career as a professional orchestral musician for 20 years before developing an interest in music and health
Annie Tyhurst B.Mus(Hons), HCPC Reg. Music Therapist, FAMI., RMN.
Chepstow /Forest of Dean / Bristol
Phone number: 01594 840869
I am an experienced music therapist, and registered supervisor, and I have assisted on GIM Training programmes. Originally I trained as a psychiatric nurse, then became a specialist music teacher (mainstream and special education) prior to music therapy training. I work from an eclectic and creative perspective using mandala and improvisation. I am based near Chepstow on the Welsh borders/Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, and am close to Bristol too.