The Process of Surrender: A psychotherapist’s homecoming

Abstract

The article describes how implicit relational qualities between therapist and client contribute to the psychotherapeutic process. The process encompasses the interaction during both the verbal parts and the music-listening experience in GIM sessions. The therapeutic stance is presented through the therapist’s subjective ‘voice’ and claimed to be fundamental irrespective of which problem or symptomatology presented by the client. Each dimension or phase of the interactive therapeutic process is illustrated by a suggested music-listening experience, to facilitate for the reader to create a connection to his or her own implicit relational qualities as a therapist.