Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality- Frederick Perl

Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality- Frederick Perls, Ralph Hefferline, Paul Goodman One of the most significant and important developments of modern psychology has been the growth of 'humanistic psychology -a school of thought which is entirely concerned with the human being, his problems and his potential. Peris, Hefferline and Goodman, authors of this volume and founders of Gestalt psychotherapy, believe 'that the Gestalt outlook is the original, undistorted, natural approach to life; that is, to man's thinking, acting, feeling'. In Part One of Gestalt Therapy they describe their methods of self-therapy which aim to mobilize the : individual's resources so as to allow him, through an expanded awareness, to heal the dualism of his person, thinking and language and thus become a 'whole' person. Part Two defines and discusses normal and neurotic functioning and presents a reasoned and systematic critique of psychoanalysis from Freud to the present day.