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What did Fritz Perls emphasize? To learn to be in the here and now with no explanation, no past.
A. H. Almaas • Diamond Heart: Elements of the Real in Man
Fritz Perls, MD, the psychiatrist and founder of Gestalt therapy. He said, “Fear is excitement without the breath.”
Gay Hendricks • The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level
Fritz Perls captured the mood perfectly in his oft-repeated catchphrase, “Lose your mind and come to your senses.”
Tim Burkett • Enlightenment Is an Accident: Ancient Wisdom and Simple Practices to Make You Accident Prone
Carl Rogers
Tara Brach • Radical Acceptance
Thinking is rehearsing for later.
Thinking is rehearsing in fantasy for the role you have to play in society” (Perls, 1970,Four lectures. In J. Fagan & I. L. Shepherd (Eds.), Gestalt Therapy now: Theory, techniques, applications (pp. 14–38). Palo Alto, CA: Science and Behavior Books.
Therapists who are trained to see people as complex human beings with multiple characteristics and potentialities can help them explore their system of inner parts and take care of the wounded facets of themselves.
Bessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
For Rogers, the cardinal sin in therapy, or in teaching or family life, is the imposition of authority. A radical egalitarian, Rogers sees individuals as capable of self-direction without regard for received wisdom and outside of organizations such as the church or the academy. Despite its origins in the helping relationship, Rogers’s philosophy is
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