Emeritus Professor Dr Denise Grocke completed her music therapy qualification at Michigan State University, USA, and holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne. She co-founded the Australian Music Therapy Association in 1975 and served two terms as its President. She has been Chair of the Education Committee, the Ethics Committee, and Editor of the Australian Journal of Music Therapy. She established the music therapy course at the University of Melbourne in 1978. From 1998-2012 she was Director of the National Music Therapy Research Unit (NaMTRU). She co-founded the International Consortium of Music Therapy Research Universities to enable large international multi-site trials to advance the profession. Dr Grocke was President of the World Federation of Music Therapy (WFMT) from 1999-2002, having served three terms as Chair of the Commission of Education, Training and Registration. She was Chair of the Scientific Committee for the 11th World Congress in Brisbane (2005). Dr Grocke is a Primary Trainer in the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM), and is a Fellow of the Association for Music and Imagery. She has written extensively on music therapy and GIM. She is editor of GIM: The Bonny Method and Beyond 2nd edition (2019); co-editor of GIM and Music Imagery Methods for Individual and Group Therapy (2015); co-author of Receptive Methods in Music Therapy (2007) and co-editor of Music Medicine 3 (1999). In addition, she has published widely through book chapters, refereed journals articles, Cochrane reviews, and online publications. In 2012 she was presented with an Award of Merit, by the American Music Therapy Association, and a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Australian Music Therapy Association in recognition of service to the field of music therapy. In 2016 was made an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) for services as a pioneering practitioner, researcher and author, and for services to professional organisations.