Jim Simkin was an early seminal figure in the history of Gestalt Therapy. Born James Saloman Simkin in Calgary, Canada in 1920, he died in Big Sur, California of leukemia in 1984. Simkin received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Michigan, and practiced in New Jersey. He also was Chief Psychologist at a VA hospital. Like most psychotherapists of his generation he was trained analytically. Wikipedia
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