Biography

Seymour Carter, Gestalt teacher at Esalen for more than four decades, is a lifelong student

of the ever evolving models of personal identity. He teaches Gestalt Practice and Sensory

Awareness in the US and Europe. He was a student of Fritz Perls at Esalen in the 60's, and

was a student of Charlotte Selver from 1967 until her death in 2003. He combines

studies in family systems theory with Buddhism, Sensory Awareness and other Mind/Body

oriented practices.

In 1936, Seymour Carter was born in Spokane, Washington, on the edge of the penetration

of Western European culture into the lands of Native American people. Growing up surrounded

by Native American people  of vastly different ways of life, he was early and deeply moved into

the questions of identity.

From 1950 to 1962 his major interest was the study of graphic arts. In 1963 he began his

studies of the natural sciences at San Francisco State University, concentrating on Psychology,

Cultural Anthropology, and Linguistics.

From 1963 to 1966 he participated in and was deeply influenced by the revolutionary student

movements of this era of U.S. He continues to be fascinated by the political issues of

a personal identity and personal development.

In 1966, he moved to Esalen, Big Sur and began studies with major pioneers of the

Human Potential Movement: Fritz Perls, Charlotte Selver, Gregory Bateson, Virginia Satir,

John Heider and Dick Price. Today, Seymour teaches at Esalen, the U.S. and Europe.

For individual sessions and private intensives: Contact Seymour Carter by email or

call (831) 869-1034.