Dissertation - World Federation of Music Therapy

A7 Imagery as stream of consciousness
B1 Episodes or segments dominated by body work: a. exploring the body
B2 Episodes or segments dominated by body work: b. deep relaxation
B3 Episodes or segments dominated by music exploration and enjoyment
C1 Thoughts, reflections, or associations on past
C2 Thoughts, reflections, or associations on present
C3 Thoughts, reflections, or associations on future
D1 Meditations to music
D2 Episodes dominated by difficulties in imaging (including resistance)
Additional subcategories:
E Imagery related to cancer (disease, hospital or treatment)
F Transpersonal imagery
G Core metaphors (identified in same form or transformed in more than two
sessions)
Table 6.8 describes the content of the sub-categories in table 6.7. They are primarily
descriptive and the material is (to some extent) a matter of interpretation.
Table 6. 8 Descriptions of subcategories
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A1 The imagery is metaphorical and coherent, and it is configured through two or
more episodes (music selections), but not the whole session
A2 The imagery is metaphorical and configured through one episode (music
selection), but the metaphorical episodes are not clearly related to each other.
A3-6 Explorative imagery is predominantly visual imagery of metaphorical
character, very often related to the focus of the session. Explorative imagery may
be directed and unfolded towards the client’s past or life story, often in the form of
memories (A3); towards the present, often in the form of a referential or
metaphorical investigation of problems and conflicts in the here-and-now (A4);
towards the future, often in the form of ‘rehearsals’: imaginary situations ‘what
if..’ (A5). A special type is imagery related to death, funeral and beyond: ‘what
will happen to me…’ (A6).
A7 Imagery may appear and continue quickly and unrelated. The images are not
coherent.