Music programming for psilocybin-assisted therapy: Guided Imagery and Music-informed perspectives
Frontiers in Psychology November 17, 2022 Catharina Messell, Lisa Summer, Lars Ole Bonde et al. 22 citations
A new music program, the Copenhagen Music Program, has been developed to accompany the 4–6 hour sessions of medium/high dose psilocybin therapy. The program uses the Guided Imagery and Music framework to choose and sequence music, and the Taxonomy of Therapeutic Music to rate each piece's psychological intensity. Detailed procedural steps and examples are provided to guide others in creating music programs for psychedelic interventions, with the aim that informed music selection can support therapeutic dynamics during the drug's acute effects.