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Carol A. Bush, L.C.S.W.,M.S.W
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Sara (Sierra) Jane Stokes-Stearns, Ph.D.,MT-BC, AMI FellowBoard Certified Music TherapistFellow of the Association for Music & Imagery AMI Endorsed Primary Trainer Clinician, educator and consultant, Sierra trained in GIM with Dr. Helen L. Bonny at the Maryland Research Center in 1973. Her doctoral work pioneered further applications of GIM. She is past Director of Music Therapy at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College , Indiana . As a seasoned workshop presenter, her specializations include such diverse areas as GIM and the bodymind connection, leadership development, and spiritual formation. She has also produced a series of relaxation tapes used in health care settings, and is published in the AMI Journal, The Whole Mind , and Music and Miracles . |
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 Laurie Rugenstein, MMT, MT-BC, LPC, FAMILaurie Rugenstein is the director of the counseling track in the Transpersonal Counseling Psychology department at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. She also serves as a music therapist with HospiceCare of Boulder and Broomfield Counties. She has facilitated GIM trainings at Naropa University and Arizona State University, in addition to conducting private trainings. Laurie provides personal GIM sessions and supervision for GIM trainees and LPC candidates. She is an AMI-endorsed Primary Trainer. |
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 Chris Brewer, MA FAMI Chris Brewer is a trainer in therapeutic use of music and art as well as the integration of arts into education. She assists with MidAtlantic GIM trainings and is a teacher of the Mandala Assessment Research Instrument (MARI). Chris has developed a Vibroacoustic Pain Management program for the Somatron Corporation and has helped to implement programs in Oncology departments, hospital settings and specialized school programs. Chris also teaches how to integrate music throughout public school curriculum as a way to learn academic content and as a positive, upbeat classroom management tool. She has taught for over 20 years in various settings including numerous university programs, public offerings and school inservices. She is the author of eight books including Rhythms of Learning co-authored with Don Campbell and her upcoming release, Soundtracks for Learning: Using Music in the Classroom. |
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Jim Borling is a Board Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC) and Fellow of Association for Music and Imagery (FAMI). Currently, he is Director of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies in Music Therapy at Radford University in Virginia where he began working in 1982. He is also co-founder along with wife Nannette of MusicVisions, LLC; a private practice in Roanoke, Virginia. He has been a primary trainer now for many years and has worked both nationally and internationally facilitating all levels of training in the Bonny Method of GIM. Jim's areas of specialty include work with addictions and work with men's issues. Email: jborling@radford.edu Website for private practice: www.MusicVisionsLLC.com Website for university: http://www.radford.edu/~arts /music/faculty/borling/borling .htm |
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RILLA CLARK MSc, FAMI Rilla's private psychotherapy and life coaching practice incorporates GIM, emotional bodywork, Voice Dialogue, EMDR, psychodrama and Vipassana meditation techniques to treat psychological trauma, foster creativity and facilitate spiritual transformation. She specializes in working with people who are in times of individual or family transition. Rilla provides personal sessions and GIM supervisions and is an associate trainer with Mid Atlantic Institute. |
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Ginger Clarkson, MT-BC, FAMI, has a private GIM practice that incorporates Vipassana meditation, subtle energy healing, core energetics and Gestalt therapy. She conducts all levels of GIM trainings internationally, bilingually in Mexico and Spain. Her book "I Dreamed I Was Normal" describes GIM with people who have autism. |
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 Erin Johnson, M.Ed., LPC, FAMI is a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice integrating GIM, Solution Focused Therapy, and mind-body approaches for personal, career and spiritual transformation. She is also a Life Coach, specializing in stress management, wellness and accessing creativity. She is actively providing all levels of GIM training. |
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Barbara H. Davis, LPC, FAMI, has a private practice, Turning Point, specializing in adult clients who are:
See the Turning Point Web Site for more information: www.turningpointcommunity.com |
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She is actively providing all levels of GIM Training and is also a teacher for the Mandala Assessment Research Instrument (MARI). Presently, Gina is teaching GIM in Germany, Austria and South Africa. Website: www.GIM-Psychotherapie.de |
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Jim Borling
Ginger Clarkson 
Barbara H. Davis, LPC, FAMI
Gina Kästele, Prof. Dr. is a Licensed Psychotherapist, working in private practice in Munich, Germany. In her work, she is integrating GIM, Hans Carl Leuner work, Art Therapy and Shamanic Work. She is also the author of three self-help books and a supervisor for students, who are in the training in becoming clinical psychotherapists.