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
- Musikkterapi i helsetjenestene: Veier mot etablering og kvalitet 2025
- A tribute to Colwyn Trevarthen 2024
- I metodisk spenn mellom artikler og kappe i en ph.d. avhandling 2024
- Etisk musikalitet. Om ringer i vann 2024
- Ethical Musicality: Aspiring towards reflexivity 2024
- Boklansering og poster: Musikkterapi i helsetjenester for psykisk helse og avhengighet. En etableringshåndbok 2024
- Musikkterapi i helsetjenester for psykisk helse og avhengighet. En etableringshåndbok 2024
- Keynote: Music & Imagery: vibrant traces of Life 2024
- Connection and integration emotional & physical health: Hero’s Journey in GIM 2024
- Musikk i terapeutisk arbeid 2024
