Bud Feder received his PhD in Psychology from Columbia University. His gestalt training included extensive training and consultation with Laura Perls. For many years he has led a Gestalt training group in New York City and has a special interest in group therapy. Bud currently serves as president of the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy and is past president of the Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy. He has written extensively in the Gestalt therapy field. Among his publications are: Peeling the Onion: A Gestalt Therapy Manual for Clients and Gestalt Group Therapy: A Practical Guide. He co-edited Beyond the Hot Seat: Gestalt Approaches to Group and Beyond the Hot Seat Revisited: Gestalt Approaches to Group and A Living Legacy of Fritz and Laura Perls: Contemporary Case Studies.