COMMENTS, APPRECIATION, AND CRITIQUE OF J. L. MORENO'S

Abstract

Having got my feet wet in discussing Dr. Moreno's "First European Lecture" (1954), I am tempted to plunge in a little deeper and discuss his "Second." Certainly examination of the varied, yet convergent comments on the first round suggests the probable fruitfulness of facing seriously some of these hitherto frequently unclarified and neglected aspects of our work. The topic of the therapeutic triad (two patients and a therapist) is probably familiar to those who have done marital and family counseling, including many in child guidance work who have seen parents jointly, and sometimes a parent and a child