Description of a practice
The ground rules of Gestalt groups: stay in the present; address people instead of talking about them; say “I”, not “it”; follow awareness down to the body; say what lies behind a question.
Frederick S. Perls
German-born psychoanalyst who developed Gestalt therapy and, at Esalen in the 1960s, its “hot seat” workshops. Circling’s own histories name Gestalt among the practice’s roots.
2 works on the map
In the catalogue
- 1970The Rules and Games of Gestalt Therapy
- 1951Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality
The founding text of Gestalt therapy, which Circling’s own histories name among the practice’s roots. Its starting point is contact: what we experience arises where a person meets their surroundings.