BRIEF REPORT: Using Strong Sociometry: Some Guidelines and Techniques
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With this article, I hope to renew interest in Moreno's original formulation of sociometry. Moreno's sociometry, which has been described as strong sociometry, is indeed strong medicine. Like strong medicine, it can be very effective when it is used correctly. Like strong medicine its side effects, anticipated and unanticipated, can cause problems. Therapists must cope with the possible attendant negative aspects, a topic with which Moreno failed to deal, to make the approach more viable.
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