Symbol Guided Imager and Music

Abstract

Transpersonal Psychotherapy is an extension of psychological studies, which involves consciousness studies, spiritual inquiries, mind-body connection, and transformation. In this field, the method is used in various ways, including Guided Imagery and Music (GIM). In the process, someone guided to imagine the role or the problem that accompanied by relaxation music to get into a wave of unconsciousness. In addition, the subject unconsciously observed as a representation or metaphor of his/her subconscious mind. This paper studied four people who applied guided imagery and music. The demographic of the four people are all female, live in Jakarta, 26 - 32 years old and originally from Javanese, Buginese, and Sudanese. Some themes of their symbols are varied and they can mean those symbols with different meanings.