The Passionate Technique

Authors

  • JAMES M. SACKS Author

Keywords:

Technique

Abstract

Antony Williams's The Passionate Technique: Strategic Psychodrama With Individuals, Families, and Groups (Tavistock/Routledge, 1989) is such a clear, well-written book that you find yourself accepting the author's way of thinking although you cannot quite figure out how you have been converted. In this unique psychodrama textbook, Williams expands psychodrama's potential by combining it with a systems approach to psychotherapy. In fusing these two points of view, Williams has been forced to tease out and clarify aspects of psychodrama and psychotherapy that are not apparent when they are described in isolation.

References

Antony Williams (1989), The Passionate Technique: Strategic Psychodrama With Individuals, Families, and Groups. Tavistock/Routledge.

Published

2025-03-14

Issue

Vol. 44 No. 1 (1991): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

Section

Book Reviews

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