Simeon Alev

Jazz and Psychotherapy

Perspectives on the Complexity of Improvisation

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Produktbeschreibung

Blending the insights of musicians and psychologists from D.W. Winnicott to Gregory Bateson to Ornette Coleman, Jazz and Psychotherapy is a groundbreaking exploration of improvisation that reveals its potential to transform our experience of ourselves and the challenges we face as a species.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781032081731
• ISBN-10: 1032081732
• Artikelnr.: 62151872

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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