Gestalt therapy. Excitement and growth in the human personality
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First published 1951. A series of experiments in self-therapy designed to develop an awareness of self and a growth of the personality
Fritz Perls è stato uno psichiatra e psicoterapeuta tedesco, noto come fondatore della Terapia della Gestalt. Questo approccio terapeutico, da lui sviluppato con la moglie Laura, si concentra sull'incremento della consapevolezza delle sensazioni, percezioni, sensazioni corporee, emozioni e comportamenti nel momento presente. Il lavoro di Perls enfatizza l'importanza della relazione e del contatto tra il sé, il suo ambiente e gli altri. La sua metodologia si distingue dalla psicologia della Gestalt, pur condividendone alcuni principi fondamentali.


First published 1951. A series of experiments in self-therapy designed to develop an awareness of self and a growth of the personality
This 1st book by Perls is significant because in addition to criticising Freud, it also lays the groundwork for a new system of psychotherapy. In fact it's the beginning of the gestalt therapy by one of the founding fathers of this therapy.-- Ehrenwald Frederick Perls received his M.D. in Berlin in 1921. Like Wilhelm Reich he started out as a Freudian analyst, but under the influence of Kohler, Wertheimer & Kurt Goldstein developed his own school of analysis: Gestalt Therapy. His principles of gestalt therapy have been adopted by countless encounter & sensitivity groups. He aims in this book to examine some psychological & psychopathological reactions of the human organism within its environment. The author is criticsl of orthodox psychoanalysis, & claims that the use of the new intellectual tools holism (field conception) & semantics (the meaning of meaning) can greatly improve our theoretical outlook.