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Ep. 2 - An Empty Chair Interview with a Gestalt Legend

In this episode, Rafael sits down for a conversation with Erving Polster, Ph.D. At the age of 99 years old, Dr. Polster shares some poignant moments of his long and illustrious career, as well as experiences from his personal life that contributed to his development as one of the world's leading Gestalt therapists. 
 
Erving Polster, Ph.D., is a veteran teacher of Gestalt therapy and the author of several books. He trained with Fritz Perls in the 1950s and has been influential in the growth and development of Gestalt Theory and Methodology for over six decades. He was one of the founders of the Cleveland Gestalt Institute. He and his late wife, Miriam, co-directed the Gestalt Training Center of San Diego. His major interests have long been the transformation of psychotherapy as a curative process into psychotherapy as a communal source of orientation and guidance. In January of this year, at 98 years of age,  he published his latest book, Enchantment and Gestalt Therapy.

Link to his new book Enchantment and Gestalt Therapy  click here