This is a memoir by Dr. Fritz Perls, an American psychiatrist, associated with Gestalt therapy and the Esalen movement in California. It includes many hand-drawn illustrations. Fritz, born Friedrich (Frederick) Salomon Perls (July 8 1893, Berlin – March 14, 1970, Chicago), was a noted German-born psychiatrist and psychotherapist of Jewish descent.
He coined the term ‘Gestalt Therapy’ for the approach to therapy he developed with his wife Laura Perls from the 1940s, and he became associated with the Esalen In…




