Gestalt Therapy Integrated Quotes

“Contact is the lifeblood of growth, means for changing oneself, and one's experience of the world.”
― Erving Polster, Gestalt Therapy Integrated: Contours of Theory & Practice

“Shakespeare refers to thoughts which "in their currents turn awry and lose the name of action." Perlsian poetry calls this "mind-fucking".”
― Erving Polster, Gestalt Therapy Integrated: Contours of Theory & Practice

“To say what one wants to say is a magnificent act of creation, easily overlooked because people talk so much.”
― Erving Polster, Gestalt Therapy Integrated: Contours of Theory & Practice

“A basic gestalt principle is to accentuate that which exists rather than merely attempting to change it. Nothing can change until it is first accepted.”
― Erving Polster, Gestalt Therapy Integrated: Contours of Theory & Practice