Fritz Perls Quotes


Nothing changes until it becomes what it is.


Citations

Perls, Frederick S. Gestalt Therapy Verbatim. Real People Press, 1969.

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Fritz Perls
Fritz Perls
  • Born: July 8, 1893
  • Died: March 14, 1970
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Psychiatrist Psychotherapist

Friedrich (Frederick) Salomon Perls, better known as Fritz Perls, was a German-born psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and psychotherapist. Perls coined the term 'Gestalt therapy' to identify the form of psychotherapy that he developed with his wife, Laura Perls, in the 1940s and 1950s. Perls became associated with the Esalen Institute in 1964, and he lived there until 1969.