An interview is presented in which Robert L. Goulding, M.D., describes aspects of his personal and professional development. He assigns special importance to his training with Fritz Perls and his long-term collaboration with Mary Goulding as the turning points of his life and career and discusses his views regarding key aspects of effective psychotherapy.
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