Paul Goodman and the Gestalt theory of self
Paul Goodman contributed to the Gestalt theory of self in a number of ways, not least by extending some of Fritz Perls' founding insights and further distancing the theory from its psychoanalytical underpinning. His seminal text Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality (co authored with Perls and Ralph Hefferline, 1951) introduced the ideas of 'creative adjustment' and the 'autonomous criterion' which are central to his own, more nuanced perspective.