Summary With regard to the dynamics of human experience and behavior, Gestalt theoretical psychotherapy (GTP) relies mainly on Kurt Lewin’s dynamic field theory personality. GTP is carried out by including a re-interpretation in some aspects psychotherapeutic practice relation critical realism. Human behavior are understood be functions person environment (including other individuals therein) p...

A year before his death, Kurt Lewin taught a graduate course at MIT on theories in social psychology. Stanley Schacter, a student enrolled in the course, described it as “more philosophy of science than a review of different theories. Its purpose was to teach students what a theory is, how to test a theory appropriately, and what makes a theory useful” (Higgins, 2004, p. 138). In this light, Le...

Except for a few minor corrections this second printing is identical to the first ([Wang 1987]). The book is meant to be a first attempt to consider G’s life and work as a whole within an inclusive context that, except maybe for chapters 6, 10, and 11, is accessible to most thoughtful people. The many personal contacts that W had with G during the later years of G’s life makes him an important ...