Fritz Perls

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

He coined the term 'Gestalt Therapy' for the approach to therapy he developed with his wife Laura Perls from the 1940s, and became associated with the Esalen Institute in California in 1964. His approach is related but not identical to Gestalt psychology and the Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy of Hans-Juergen Walter. His ideas were also used to develop similar new age human potential concerns such as neurolinguistic programming NLP

He has been widely evoked outside the realm of psychotherapy for a quotation often described as the "Gestalt prayer". This was especially true in the 1960s when the version of individualism it expresses received great attention.

Influenced by Laura and Fritz Perls (Students)

 * Jack Lee Rosenberg
 * IBP Integrative Body Psychotherapy