Dissertation - World Federation of Music Therapy

Table 7. 7 A grounded theory model of step 1 in the therapeutic BMGIM
process.
Images are evoked and supported by the music.
The images present themselves as acceptable and comprehensible metaphors of
problems, potentials and prospects.
The imagery is emotionally charged.
The client is emotionally involved, she feels deeply and precisely how the situation is
and what may be done.
Five steps can be identified in this process:
A core image is evoked, spontaneously and unexpected
The image is explored and identified from a distance
Interaction between image and imager
The imager identifies herself with/in the image
The image is integrated (an maybe later transformed)
All five steps may take place (and can be identified) in the imagery, however a
progression to the intermediate step (described above) requires that the client also
understands and accepts the imagery as personal metaphors in a more cognitive way.
The next theoretical proposal is based on the results presented in section 6.2, 7.1 and
7.2.
In section 6.2 six core categories were identified, describing how the music-listening
period of a BMGIM session unfolded for the six participants in the study. 18
subcategories were identified, describing how episodes of the music-listening period
unfolded for the participants. It was documented that every participant had her own
imagery ’style’, defined as a personal combination of the categorized experiences,
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