THE GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY MOVEMENT, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

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  • J. L. MORENO Author

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https://doi.org/10.12926/wg12mb83

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GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY MOVEMENT

Abstract

Sociometry has made common sense knowledge scientifically meaningful, that every man has a set of friends and a set of enemies and that he often fails to know precisely who his friends and who his enemies really are. Like all of us, I, also, have been fed by distorted perceptions, often on the negative side, but am happy to see from the "living sociogram" in this audience that I am much more loved than I thought I am or deserve to be. I am saying to myself now as I have said to myself hundreds of times when I'm facing a new audience: Is it possible that there are so many who like me and who come to hear me? This misjudgment of my appeal is probably due to my prepossessed dedication to give rather than to receive. Giving has been the Leitmotiv of my life. And now I see that there are so many who return my love with a creative response. This is truly a surprise beyond expression and a great thrill.

References

J. L. Moreno, Application of the Group Method to Classification, 1931 and 1932; also contained in The First Book on Group Psychotherapy, 1956.

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Published

2025-01-06

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (1962): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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