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“If you take responsibility for what you are doing to yourself, how you produce your symptoms, how you produce your illness, how you produce your existence-the very moment you get in touch with yourself-growth begins, integration begins.”

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Frederick Salomon Perls
Frederick Salomon Perls

Frederick Salomon Perls, born on July 8, 1893, in Germany, and died on March 14, 1970, in the United States, was a prominent psychiatrist and one of the founders of existential-humanistic psychology. He made significant contributions to the fields of psychiatry and psychotherapy, particularly in the areas of psychological treatment and theories of self-actualization. more

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