Part of the Key Figures in Counselling and Psychotherapy series, this text chronicles the life, contributions and influence of Fritz Perls on the practice of co

First published 1951. A series of experiments in self-therapy designed to develop an awareness of self and a growth of the personality

Originally published: Lafayette, CA: Real People Press, 1969.

Fritz Perls described himself as a “mediocre psychoanalyst” who became “the possible creator of a ‘new’ method of treatment”—Gestalt Therapy. His