COMMENTS ON "INTERPERSONAL THERAPY, GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY AND THE FUNCTION OF THE UNCONSCIOUS"

Abstract

The unveiling of Moreno's plan for a group discussion via corre- spondence, with its basic wish to find the common denominator in group and individual psychotherapy, indicates a truly ingenious experiment. This larger horizon allows a brief review of comments on Lecture I pub- lished in the last issue of this journal. This commentator would sum up his reflections on the tele phenome- non by the assumption that tele refers to a primary human interrelation- ship. As observed in experiences with therapeutic groups, tele is to be considered as a positive bond, an ongoing force, seen in its most simple form, when one group member becomes interested in helping another. In this sense it is a force making for social cooperation through spontaneous solidarity suggesting the essence of Kropotkin's "Mutual Aid". However, if we are not to fall into mystical connotations, tele should be defined in terms of human emotions