In and Out the Garbage Pail [Paperback]

Frederick S. Perls (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0939266172 | ISBN-13: 978-0939266173 | Publication Date: January 1, 1969

A novel autobiography in which the author applies his theory of focusing on awareness, writing "whatever wants to be written." Partly in poetic form, often playful, sometimes theoretical, the book is a many-faceted mosaic of memories and reflections on his life - in the past and at the moment - and on the origins and continuing development of Gestalt therapy. This is an exact reproduction of the original 1969 Real People Press edition and includes all the original illustrations by artist Russ Youngreen.

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About the Author

Frederick Perls, author of Ego, Hunger and Aggression, Gestalt Therapy Verbatim, and (with Paul Goodman and Ralph Hefferline) Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality, was born in Berlin in 1893. He practiced as a psychoanalyst in Germany until the ascension of the Nazis. He and his wife, Laura, moved to Johannesburg in 1934 where they both practiced psychoanalysis until they moved to New York City in 1946. There, in 1950, they established the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy. Frederick Perls died in Chicago in 1970.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: The Gestalt Journal Press (January 1, 1969)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0939266172
• ISBN-13: 978-0939266173
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #125,397 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #49 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Professionals & Academics > Social Scientists & Psychologists

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4.0 out of 5 stars Illustrator's (?) Review, April 1, 2008

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Dr. Gry (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In and Out the Garbage Pail (Paperback)

This book appears to be a less colorful reprint of the original that was published by Real People Press of Moab, Utah in 1969-70 and in subsequent North American and international reprinted editions.

The black and white art on the cover looks to be altered reprints taken from interior illustrations present in the original RPP editions.

It should be noted that Fritz personally requested the artist, Gustav Russ Youngreen - Dr. Gry, illustrate his autobiography. Fritz approved each of Gry's drawings for the book.

Is the Gestalt Journal edition illustrated? Perhaps not. The original illustrations lent something to Perls' book and were noteworthy in that in terms of current psychotherapist's autobiographies, it offered a welcome departure.

Perls autobiography reflects the many facets of the man and is a more than entertaining read. Not being the usual pedantic, piled higher and deeper defense or intellectual criticism of a concept or phenomenon, In and Out of The Garbage Pail playfully reminds us of our 'garbage' ridden lives.

Perhaps we could develope a paradim from it for our Urban Landfills that would do more for the environment than compress plastic?