…s Perls, Hefferline and Goodman (1951, pag.11) define the self as the system of
contact
at any moment; quite an innovative view when compared with other forms of psych…
…f as an entity and not a process as suggested by PHG. Self in Gestalt theory is
contact
, more precisely contact at the boundary between organism and environment (PHG, …
… process as suggested by PHG. Self in Gestalt theory is contact, more precisely
contact
at the boundary between organism and environment (PHG, 1951, pag.373). The boun…
… pag.373). The boundary in PHG’s view “is not isolated from the environment, it
contact
s the environment, it belongs to both environment and organism” (PHG, 1951, pag.…
…which has been quite fundamental in describing and comprehending the process of
contact
(Clarkson and Mackewen, 1993). In order to actualize his growth potential the s…