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In his article “Improvisation and Gestalt Therapy: A Comparison”(p.11) published in the June 2013’s issue of The New York City Jazz Record Ted Daniel discusses the parallels between Gestalt therapeutic process and a creative musician’s experience improvising in a band setting. Ted looks deeply into the question that: “As creative artists, in our personal quest to experience meaningful improvisation in music and in life…Are we investing too much time in someone else’s authenticity to the detriment of our own?”