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Fritz (Frederick) Perls

Friedrich Salomon Perls (July 8, 1893 – March 14, 1970), better known as Fritz Perls, was a German-born psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and psychotherapist. Perls coined the term "Gestalt therapy" to identify the form of psychotherapy that he developed with his wife, Laura Perls, in the 1940s and 1950s. Perls became associated with the Esalen Institute in 1964 and lived there until 1969.

The core of the Gestalt therapy process is enhanced awareness of sensation, perception, bodily feelings, emotion, and behavior, in the present moment. Relationship is emphasized, along with contact between the self, its environment, and the other.

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Publications

Book

Title:

Ego, Hunger and Aggression: A Revision of Freud's Theory and Method

Publication Reference:

Perls, F., Ego, 2011:1942 Hunger and Aggression: A Revision of Freud's Theory and Method

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Book

Title:

From Planned Psychotherapy to Gestalt Therapy: Essays and Lectures - 1945 to 1965

Publication Reference:

Perls, Frederick 2012 From Planned Psychotherapy to Gestalt Therapy Essays and Lectures – 1945- 1965 Dr. Frederick Salomon Perls Frederick (Fritz) Perls, The Gestalt Journal Press

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Book

Title:

Gestalt Therapy Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality

Publication Reference:

Perls, F., Hefferline, R. & Goodman, P., 1951. Gestalt Therapy Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality. Souvenier Press

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Title:

Gestalt Therapy Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality GJP Edition

Publication Reference:

Perls, F., Hefferline, R. & Goodman, P., 1994. Gestalt Therapy Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality. Gestalt Journal Press Kindle ed. Gouldsboro(ME): Gestalt Journal Press.

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Book

Title:

Gestalt Therapy Verbatim

Publication Reference:

Perls, Frederick (Fritz). 1969:2013 Gestalt Therapy Verbatim, The Gestalt Journal Press. Kindle Edition

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Book

Title:

The Gestalt Approach and Eye Witness to Therapy:

Publication Reference:

Perls, F., 1989 The Gestalt Approach and Eye Witness to Therapy. Science and Behavior Books

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