Kurt Goldstein (1878 - 1965), German neurologist. He created a holistic theory of the organism based on Gestalt theory which deeply influenced the development of Gestalt therapy. His most important book in German "Der Aufbau des Organismus" (1934) has been published again in English: "The Organism" (1995) with an introduction by Oliver Sacks. Gestalt psychology (also Gestalt theory of the Berlin School) is a theory of mind and brain that proposes that the operational principle of the brain is holistic, parallel, and analog, with self-organizing tendencies. ... Gestalt therapy is a form of psychotherapy, based on the experiential ideal of here and now, and relationships with others and the world. ... Oliver W. Sacks (born July 9, 1933, London) is a neurologist who has written popular books about his patients. ...
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here are two articles that discuss Goldstein's influence on and contribution to Gestalt therapy: Gestalt therapy is a form of psychotherapy, based on the experiential ideal of here and now, and relationships with others and the world. ...
Achim Votsmeier: Kurt Goldstein and Holism
Allen R. Barlow: Gestalt Therapy and Gestalt Psychology. Gestalt-antecedent influence or historical accident
KurtGoldstein was a German-Jewish physician and psychiatrist.
Goldstein's doctoral dissertation was on the structure of the posterior columns of the spinal cord.
Goldstein taught at the Universities of Frankfurt, Berlin, Columbia, Harvard and Brandeis and practiced neurological and psychiatric medicine in hospitals in Europe and the United States.
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