Frederick S. (Fritz) Perls

Frederick S. (Frits) Perls (1893-1970) M.D. who specialized in psychiatry was a major exponent of Gestalt therapy. Frederick (Fritz) Perls and the Gestalt approach to dreams views each part of the dream as a projection of the individual and represents some unfinished business, one's current struggle and has existential meaning. By bringing the dream to life, only then can one gain

personal meaning of the dream and take responsibility for it. The Gestalt approach does not interpret dreams as such in the traditional sense, but rather brings the dream to life and individuals relive the dream as if it is happening now, spoken or acted out in the present. The dreamers dream represents a projection of oneself and are expressions of the dreamers contradictions and inconsistencies, by acting out the opposing sides the dreamer can then come to accept and integrate their opposing forces. If the dreamer can not remember a dream it is viewed as the dreamer is refusing or not yet ready to confront the problem in their life.