Gestalt Therapy (book)

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Gestalt Therapy
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First edition
AuthorFrederick Perls, Ralph Hefferline, Paul Goodman
SubjectPsychotherapy
Published1951 (Julian Press)
Pages466 pp.

Gestalt Therapy is a 1951 book that outlines an extension to psychotherapy, known as gestalt therapy, written by Frederick Perls, Ralph Hefferline, and Paul Goodman. Presented in two parts, the first introduces psychotherapeutic self-help exercises, and the second presents a theory of personality development and growth.

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  • Frank, Jerome D. (1952). "Review of Gestalt Therapy. Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 27 (4): 431. doi:10.1086/399270. ISSN 0033-5770. JSTOR 2809536.
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  • Stoehr, Taylor (1994). Here Now Next: Paul Goodman and the Origins of Gestalt Therapy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. ISBN 978-0-7879-0005-2. OCLC 30029013.
  • —— (March 2009). "Perls, Hefferline, and Goodman: Gestalt Therapy -- An Afterword". Gestalt Review. 13 (1): 82–95. doi:10.5325/gestaltreview.13.1.0082. ISSN 1084-8657.
  • Wagshal, Harry (1974). "Education and the 'New Consciousness' Literature". Comparative Education Review. 18 (1): 129–133. doi:10.1086/445760. ISSN 0010-4086. JSTOR 1186122. S2CID 147453167.
  • "Gestalt Therapy". Journal of Clinical Psychology. 8 (2): 213–214. April 1952. doi:10.1002/1097-4679(195204)8:2<213::AID-JCLP2270080228>3.0.CO;2-W. ISSN 0021-9762.

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