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Violet Oaklander

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Violet Solomon Oaklander (April 18, 1927 – September 21, 2021) was a child and adolescent therapist known for her method of integrating Gestalt Therapy theory and practice with play therapy. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 33 relations: Big Sur, California, California State University, Long Beach, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Chapman University, Clark Moustakas, Edwin C. Nevis, Esalen Institute, Fritz Perls, Gestalt therapy, Id, ego and superego, International College, Los Angeles, Jews, Jim Simkin, Long Beach Unified School District, Long Beach, California, Los Angeles County, California, Lowell, Massachusetts, Lupus, Malibu, California, Moab, Utah, Nonprofit corporation, Orange County, California, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Play therapy, Psychotherapy, Russians, University of California, University of California, San Diego, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of California, Santa Cruz, Virginia Axline, Woody Guthrie.

Big Sur

Big Sur is a rugged and mountainous section of the Central Coast of the U.S. state of California, between Carmel Highlands and San Simeon, where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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California State University, Long Beach

California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), also known in athletics as Long Beach State University (LBSU), is a public research university in Long Beach, California.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Chapman University

Chapman University is a private research university in Orange, California.

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Clark Moustakas

Clark E. Moustakas (May 26, 1923 – 10 October 2012) was an American psychologist and one of the leading experts on humanistic and clinical psychology.

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Edwin C. Nevis

Edwin C. Nevis (May 20, 1926 – May 20, 2011) was an American gestalt therapist who identified Maslow's hierarchy of needs as culturally relative and formulated a hierarchy of needs for Chinese culture and a mode of classifying hierarchies of needs in different cultures.

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Esalen Institute

The Esalen Institute, commonly called Esalen, is a non-profit American retreat center and intentional community in Big Sur, California, which focuses on humanistic alternative education.

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Fritz Perls

Friedrich Salomon Perls (July 8, 1893 – March 14, 1970), better known as Fritz Perls, was a German-born psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and psychotherapist.

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Gestalt therapy

Gestalt therapy is a form of psychotherapy that emphasizes personal responsibility and focuses on the individual's experience in the present moment, the therapist–client relationship, the environmental and social contexts of a person's life, and the self-regulating adjustments people make as a result of their overall situation.

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Id, ego and superego

In psychoanalytic theory, the id, ego and superego are three distinct, interacting agents in the psychic apparatus, defined in Sigmund Freud's structural model of the psyche.

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International College, Los Angeles

International College was a small, private, non-traditional and unaccredited college founded in Los Angeles in the early 1970s by Linden G. Leavitt.

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Jews

The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.

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Jim Simkin

James Solomon Simkin (1919–1984) was an early seminal figure in the history of Gestalt Therapy. Violet Oaklander and Jim Simkin are American psychotherapists.

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Long Beach Unified School District

The Long Beach Unified School District is a school district headquartered in Long Beach, California, United States.

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Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States.

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Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles (Condado de Los Ángeles), and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States, with 9,861,224 residents estimated in 2022.

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Lowell, Massachusetts

Lowell is a city in Massachusetts, United States.

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Lupus

Lupus, technically known as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue in many parts of the body.

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Malibu, California

Malibu is a beach city in the Santa Monica Mountains region of Los Angeles County, California, about west of Downtown Los Angeles.

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Moab, Utah

Moab is the largest city and county seat of Grand County in eastern Utah in the western United States, known for its dramatic scenery.

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Nonprofit corporation

A nonprofit corporation is any legal entity which has been incorporated under the law of its jurisdiction for purposes other than making profits for its owners or shareholders.

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Orange County, California

Orange County (officially the County of Orange; often known by its initials O.C.) is a county located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California, United States.

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Pacifica Graduate Institute

Pacifica Graduate Institute is a private for-profit graduate school with two campuses near Santa Barbara, California.

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Play therapy

Play therapy refers to a range of methods of capitalising on children's natural urge to explore and harnessing it to meet and respond to the developmental and later also their mental health needs.

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Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy (also psychological therapy, talk therapy, or talking therapy) is the use of psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase happiness, and overcome problems.

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Russians

Russians (russkiye) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe.

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University of California

The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California.

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University of California, San Diego

The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California.

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University of California, Santa Barbara

The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, United States.

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University of California, Santa Cruz

The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California.

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Virginia Axline

Virginia Mae Axline (March 31, 1911 – March 21, 1988) was an American psychologist and one of the pioneers in the use of play therapy.

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Woody Guthrie

Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter and composer who was one of the most significant figures in American folk music.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Oaklander