1st Edition
Jazz and Psychotherapy Perspectives on the Complexity of Improvisation
Jazz and Psychotherapy:
Perspectives on the Complexity of Improvisation
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 — Improvisation, Culture, and Play
2 — Infancy, Childhood, and Transitional Phenomena
3 — Intersubjectivity and the Unconscious
4 — Discovering Voice
5 — Free Association and Improvisational Space
6 — Complexity, Spontaneity, and Authenticity
7 — Musical Dynamics of Early Development
8 — Symbolization and Metaphor
9 — Loops and Spirals
10 — Order and Disorder
11 — Shifting Paradigms
12 — The Self in an Evolving World
References
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Simeon Alev is a psychotherapist, a visual artist, a poet and a musician. He earned his doctorate at York University and completed his professional training at the Gestalt Institute of Toronto.
