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Gestalt Therapy

Gestalt Therapy is a psychotherapy, based on the experiential ideal of "here and now", and relationships with others and the world, and was co-founded by Fritz Perls, Laura Perls and Paul Goodman in the 1940s-1950s. It is related to but not identical to Gestalt psychology and the Gestalt psychology based Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy of Hans-Juergen Walter.

Based initially on the insights of Gestalt Psychology and traditional Psychotherapy, Gestalt Therapy has developed as a psycho-therapeutic model, with a developed theory that combines phenomenological, existential, dialogical, and field approaches to the process of transformation and growth, of human beings.

Suggested Sections

1. Introduction

2. "Gestalt" and Perception.

3. The Experience Cycle

4. Awareness

5. Contact Boundary Phenomona

6. Polarities

7. Field Theory

8. Dialogue

9. Experiment

External links

• The Gestalt Therapy Page sponsored by The Gestalt Journal Press. Selected articles:
  • An Oral History of Gestalt Therapy: Interviews with Laura Perls, Isadore From, Erving & Miriam Polster, and Elliott Shapiro
  • The Historical Roots of Gestalt Therapy Theory by Rosemarie Wulf
  • Frederick Perls: A Son's Reflections, by Stephen Perls
• The Gestalt Directory of practitioners and places to get training, a project of The Center for Gestalt Development, Inc. Last updated 1/1/96.
• The Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy
• Gestalt! is an electronic journal with full-text articles, interviews, and information about Gestalt therapy, theory, practice, and practitioners.
• The International Society for Gestalt Theory and Its Applications makes available "Gestalt theoretical / Gestalt psychological articles online in full text."
• Gestalt Institute of Toronto
• Istituto di Gestalt
• Gestalt Therapy Institute of Cologne, Germany
• Gestalt Therapy discussion at Behavior OnLine
• International Society for Gestalt Therapy and Its Applications (GTA)
• Big Sur Tapes, audio recordings of Fritz and Laura Perls, James Simkin, etc.
• Association for Humanistic Psychology
• Brisbane Gestalt Institute
• Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy (AAGT)

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