Richard Price | |
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| Born | October 12, 1930 |
| Died | November 25, 1985 (aged 55) |
| Occupation(s) | Manager, Esalen Institute; Gestalt practice |
| Known for | Co-founder of Esalen Institute |
| Spouse | Christine Stewart Price+ |
| Children | David and Jennifer |
Richard Price (October 12, 1930 – November 25, 1985) was an American Gestalt therapist, co-founder of the Esalen Institute in 1962, and a veteran of the Beat Generation.[1]: 139–40 He ran Esalen in Big Sur for many years, sometimes virtually single-handed.[note 1][note 2] He developed a practice of hiking the Santa Lucia Mountains and developed a new form of personal integration and growth that he called Gestalt practice,[2] partly based upon Gestalt therapy and Buddhist practice.[3]: 35
Price consciously applied psychological principles to his sense of self, and helped many people work to do the same. His work remains at the core of the Esalen experience.[4]: 320–21
- ^ Erickson, Barclay James (2005). "On the Edge of the Future: Esalen and the Evolution of American Culture". In Kripal, Jeffrey J.; Shuck, Glenn W. (eds.). The Only Way Out Is In: The Life of Richard Price. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21759-2.
- ^ Kripal, Jeffrey J. (15 April 2007). Esalen: America and the Religion of No Religion. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226453699 – via Google Books.
- ^ Goldman, Marion S (2012). The American Soul Rush: Esalen and the Rise of Spiritual Privilege. New York University Press.
- ^ Anderson, Walter Truett (1983). The Upstart Spring: Esalen and the American Awakening. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-11034-2.
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