THE FIRST BOOK ON GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY

Abstract

It occurred to this reviewer while reading this book that Corsini had studied the work and life of three psychotherapists in a previous article, namely Freud, Rogers, and Moreno (Group Psychotherapy, IX, 4, 1956) and had stated therein that, in his opinion, Moreno typifies the social human being who could only exist within groups; also, Moreno possesses apparently an inexhaustible energy. ..; and that Moreno's seems to be propelled by messianic visions: group psychotherapy was called upon to unite the peoples and races on earth. It is this aspect which is the core of the book, dedicated to the second International Congress on Group Psychotherapy, although Moreno's dynamics (to perpetually write and produce books) force him to repetitions, overlapping material, which seem to be inevitable.