News & Events
On this page you will find information about relevant news and upcoming events.
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MEETING (CPD) (online)
- January 24, 2026 / 10.00 - 12.00 CET -
EAMI is holding another meeting for members to discuss the proposed new CPD guidelines. In advance of this meeting, the education committee has made changes to the guidelines in response to the feedback they received after the Members' Meeting in September. It was agreed to slow down the process of applying the new guidelines. This meeting is for clarification and further discussion. PLease attend, it is a very important topic and we value your input.
NEW ONLINE TRAINING IN KMR (online)
- February 14 to October 25, 2026 / 8.30 - 14.30 CET -
KMR–Brief Music Journey is a psychotherapy-based adaptation of BMGIM, designed for GIM therapists and advanced GIM students. Explore music imagery and the Expressive Arts in this focused training led by head trainer Margareta Wärja. Training consist of 5 Modules starting February 13 and ending in October 25, 2026. A few places remain available.
- EAMI accredited
MUSIC BREATHING TRAINING COURSE (online)
- March 7-8 & May 23-24, 2026 / 8.30 - 14.30 CET -
​This is a full training course in the Music Breathing method, developed by Dag Körlin. Trainer of the course is Evangelia Papanikolaou, PhD, FAMI, EAMI accred., assisted by psychiatrist Sotiris Yfantis, MD, PhDc, EAMI accredited, and GIM/MB therapist and registered nurse, Angela Shum, RN, MT-BC, MTA
- EAMI accredited
2026 GIM CONFERENCE: CALL FOR PAPERS
- February 15, 2026 -
The GIM conference is taking place in Greece, 9-13th September, 2026 - and we are looking forward to receiving submissions! Categories of contributions are: Papers, 30 min + 10 min discussion. Workshops, 90 min. Round table, 60 – 75 min. Please read the submissions info via the link below!
EAMI MEMBERS' MEETING IN MARCH (online)
- March 21, 2026 / 10.00 - 13.00 CET -
SAVE THE DATE. The next EAMI Members' Meeting will be on the topic of Supervision. Credit points will be awarded for attendance. The presenters will be announced in the New Year and the zoom link will be sent out nearer the date.
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COOPERATION BETWEEN GIM GERMAN AND AMERICAN INSTITUTES
- from 2024 -
A wish that GIM institutes around the world work together, exchange and coordinate their teaching contents is coming true. Lisa Summer, Director of the Institute for Music & Consciousness in Massachusetts, USA, and Isabelle Frohne-Hagemann, Director of the Institute for Music, Imagination, and Therapy in Berlin (IMIT), Germany, have agreed on a cooperation. Both, Lisa Summer’s Continuum Model and the BMGIM taught at IMIT are models for clinical use in psychiatric and psychosomatic hospitals. The two approaches will complement and enrich each other. Lisa will implement her Continuum Model in Germany and conduct a Level III group in cooperation with IMIT. She will be assisted by MI-trainers of the stand-alone course "Resource Oriented Music Imagination (RoMI)" taught at IMIT. The assisting MI Trainers by that can become full EAMI accredited BMGIM trainers for Lisa's Continuum model and for BMGIM taught at IMIT.
The project will start next year with Swiss and German graduates of the different RoMI training groups of IMIT.
- AMI accredited
- EAMI accredited
​PUBLICATION: MUSIKREISEN IN INNERE RÄUME (Germany)
- 2023 -
Dorothea Dülberg's biography of Helen Bonny is now published at Böhlau Verlag Köln. We are happy to announce this must-read for all of us working with GIM. As of yet, the book is only available in German but hopefully an English translation will follow soon.
From Silence into a Musical Space
This video is produced by Tommy Hayes, Ian Leslie and Joske Slabbers
specifically during the Corona virus to offer a musical experience to people in their own homes. The video may also be a helpful therapeutic tool to send out to some of our clients.
This Music Therapy exercise is based on a receptive Music Therapy programme.
It employs a focused breathing technique, in combination with engaged music listening, to facilitate a deep, therapeutic musical experience.
This Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) relaxation and healing oriented experience has been developed for those with mild to moderate symptoms of COVID-19.
German version of the Covid-19 Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) Self-Help-Resource.
Greek version of the Covid-19 Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) Self-Help-Resource.