Fritz Perls

Frederick S. (Fritz) Perls (1893 - 1970) was a noted German-born psychologist and psychotherapist.

He coined the term 'Gestalt Therapy' for the approach to therapy he developed, and became associated with the Esalen Institute in California in 1964.

Bibliography

Ego, Hunger and Aggression (1942) ISBN 0-939266-18-0

The Gestalt Approach and Eye Witness to Therapy (1973) ISBN 0-831400-34-X

Gestalt Therapy (1965, 1983) ISBN 0-553240-89-7

Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality (1977) ISBN 0-939266-24-5

Gestalt Therapy Verbatim (1968) ISBN 0-939266-18-4

In and Out the Garbage Pail (1981) ISBN 0-553202-53-7

External link

• More biographical information on Perls, as well as information about Gestalt therapy in general, is available at http://www.gestalt.org