Frederick Salomon Perls (Fritz Perls), his wife Laura, Paul Goodman, and others founded the Gestalt School of Psychotherapy. Name: Frederick Salomon Perls Birth Date: July 1893 – March 1970 Job Functions: Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist Fields: Psychiatry Known For: Gestalt Therapy Biography Born in Berlin in the late nineteenth century into a middle class family, Frederick Salomon Perls was interested in theatre. Affectionately known to friends and colleagues as Fritz, Perls decided to study medicine when he enrolled into college in 1913. The First World War interrupted his study and he enlisted to serve until the war … [Read more...]
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