Jean-Marie Robine is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, and the founder of the Institut Français de Gestalt-therapie. Robine is an international trainer of Gestalt therapy, focusing on introducing, continuing and developing the contributions of Paul Goodman and Isadore From to Gestalt therapy theory and practice. He is a past-president of the European Association for Gestalt Therapy (EAGT) and of the Societé Française de Gestalt. He is a cofounder and member of the board of Collège Européen de Gestalt-thérapie. He created, published and edited two French journals of Gestalt therapy and serves on the editorial boards of several international Gestalt journals. He is the author/editor of six books on Gestalt therapy which have been published in several languages. Robine lives in the countryside near Bordeaux, France.