Gro Trondalen is a music therapist and professor of music therapy at the Norwegian Academy of Music. Trondalen has a PhD in music therapy for young people with eating disorders and a 3-year specialization in the listening method, The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM). She is an experienced music therapy clinician, teacher, researcher, and supervisor for master's and PhD students and for practicing music therapists in child welfare and mental health. Trondalen has previously led the master’s program in music therapy, the PhD program in music, and the Center for Research in Music and Health (CREMAH) at the Norwegian Academy of Music. Her international commitment is evident through her active involvement in the World Federation of Music Therapy, the European Music Therapy Confederation, and the European Association for Music and Imagery. Trondalen has published two international monographs, co-edited six anthologies/books, and published several Norwegian, Swedish, and English (scientific) articles, some translated into German and Japanese.
Areas of Expertise
- Music Therapy
- Music and Health
- Music Listening
- Music and Ethics: Ethical Musicality
- Contemporary Developmental Psychology
- Mental Health of Vulnerable Children, Adolescents, and Adults
Publications
- Eventyrlig medborgerskap: Pif-Paf-Poltrie som tverrfaglig ramme for fremføringsbasert musikkterapi på en spesialskole 2026
- Bridging Art and Science: Foundations, Practices, and Future Directions of Music Therapy (keynote) 2026
- Exploring Borders of Music Listening in Music Therapy: A study of Music and Imagery (MI) 2026
- At the Border of Practice: Ethical challenges in music therapy (Roundtable) 2026
- Music and Imagery in Identity Fomation: exploring Da Pacem Domine with Music Therapy students. A pilot study. 2026
- Receptive Music Therapy and GIM in European Music Therapy Educatioin: general transitions & future directions. A perspective from Norway (Roundtable). 2026
- Musikk & lydbad og musikkterapi 2026
- Musikk som etikk (NMH) 2026
- NMH | Gro Trondalen: – Alle mennesker har rett til musikk 2026
- A 360-degree video analysis of musical engagement in musictherapy in paediatric palliative care in hospital-at-home 2026
