Music therapy can also be experienced from a more "listening" perspective, where a person suffering from depression listens to a particular piece of music and focuses on any feelings, emotions and the images that emerge as a result. Using this as a basis, in 1970 an American music therapist named Helen Bonny created what is now known as Guided Imagery and Music Therapy (GIM) (Chou & Lin, 2006). GIM consists of the patient listening to therapeutic and calming music, to finally reach a state of mental and physical relaxation (Chou & Lin, 2006). Once a patient is in this state, and with the help of the therapist, an individual explores the images and feelings that arise in his or her mind as a result of listening to this music (Chou & Lin, 2006). This remains of particular importance as those suffering from depression often feel a lack of connection with themselves and their feelings. Next, the individual and therapist work together discussing the images and feelings the patient has experienced, exploring figurative meaning, themes, and how they relate to the patient's problems and daily life (Chou & Lin, 2006) . Such communication and exploration often allow those with depression to express negative emotions more easily and to bridge the gap between their internal state and expressing that state externally in a verbal manner (Chou & Lin, 2006), something that a Sometimes exclusive talk therapy struggles to overcome. with. Mei-Hsien Chou, professor at I-Shou University in the Department of Nursing; and Mei-Feng Lin, who holds a PhD and is an assistant professor at the School of Nursing of National Cheng Kung University, conducted a study on five subjects suffering from depression and the use of GIM on their mood general, on quality of life and personal experience. While the study is limited in terms of topic