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| 7 Nov 2025 | |
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Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) is a method of music therapy that combines relaxation, imagery, and music listening. The method can create altered states of consciousness with the aim of accessing deeper layers of the psyche. GIM can be closely aligned with Jung’s analytical psychology because music, by its nature, can represent unconscious dynamics and the method involves engagement with one’s inner images, as in Jung’s technique of active imagination.
This lecture will involve a description of GIM and Jung’s approach and will then provide an experiential activity of GIM. This activity will not be therapy but rather personal enhancement, as it is an opportunity to engage with your inner images through classical music. So, bring your psyche and your imagination!
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John Pellitteri, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and licensed creative arts therapist, as well as a professor at Queens College City University of New York where he teaches mental health and school counselors. His clinical work as a music therapist, and later as a psychotherapist, has spanned over 35 years. He is the co-founder and past president of the International Society for Emotional Intelligence and has been a keynote speaker and workshop presenter in numerous countries. John has published three books and several research studies on emotional intelligence and its relationship with adaptive personality, creative arts therapy, counseling, and education, including a recent article in the Journal of Analytical Psychology. One of his presentations on emotional intelligence can be watched as a TEDx talk. John serves on the Board of Directors for the Jung Society of Washington (DC) and is an analytic candidate at the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association in New York.
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