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.

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• Jazz and Psychotherapy: Perspectives on the Complexity of ImprovisationPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 — Improvisation, Culture, and Play2 — Infancy, Childhood, and Transitional Phenomena3 — Intersubjectivity and the Unconscious4 — Discovering Voice5 — Free Association and Improvisational Space6 — Complexity, Spontaneity, and Authenticity 7 — Musical Dynamics of Early Development8 — Symbolization and Metaphor9 — Loops and Spirals10 — Order and Disorder 11 — Shifting Paradigms12 — The Self in an Evolving World References BibliographyIndex

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.

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• Jazz and Psychotherapy: Perspectives on the Complexity of ImprovisationPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 — Improvisation, Culture, and Play2 — Infancy, Childhood, and Transitional Phenomena3 — Intersubjectivity and the Unconscious4 — Discovering Voice5 — Free Association and Improvisational Space6 — Complexity, Spontaneity, and Authenticity 7 — Musical Dynamics of Early Development8 — Symbolization and Metaphor9 — Loops and Spirals10 — Order and Disorder 11 — Shifting Paradigms12 — The Self in an Evolving World References BibliographyIndex

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.

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• Jazz and Psychotherapy: Perspectives on the Complexity of ImprovisationPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 — Improvisation, Culture, and Play2 — Infancy, Childhood, and Transitional Phenomena3 — Intersubjectivity and the Unconscious4 — Discovering Voice5 — Free Association and Improvisational Space6 — Complexity, Spontaneity, and Authenticity 7 — Musical Dynamics of Early Development8 — Symbolization and Metaphor9 — Loops and Spirals10 — Order and Disorder 11 — Shifting Paradigms12 — The Self in an Evolving World References BibliographyIndex