INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY AND THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY

Abstract

The International Committee on Group Psychotherapy was organized in April, 1951, by J. L. Moreno, in the course of his trip to Paris and London. The members of the European Committee were: Drs. Joshua Bierer, Juliette Boutonier, Jean Delay, S. H. Foulkes, Georges Heuyer, Marcel Montassut, Yves Porc'her, Leon Chertok, Victor Gachkel, Serge Lebovici, F. Pasche, P. Senft, E. N. Snowden. In addition, there were an equal number of US representatives. Plans were laid then for an International Congress on Group Psychotherapy to take place in Paris, London or on the American continent by 1953 or '54. The objective was a World Federation of societies interested in group psychotherapy and allied subjects