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Frederick S. (Fritz) Perls (1893 - 1970) was a noted German-born psychologist
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.
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.
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