J. L. Moreno: The Origins of the Group Encounter Movement and the Forerunner of Web-Based Social Network Media Revolution
Keywords:
group, group dynamics, group psychology, group psychotherapy, encounter, sociometry, psychodrama, sensitivity training, t-groups, facebookAbstract
The purpose of this article is to (a) acknowledge Moreno’s merits as the founder of the
Group Encounter Movement; (b) review a few ambiguities, contradictions, and backbiting
that were evident in the Group Encounter Movement; (c) to identify Moreno as a pioneer in
grounding and setting the stage for group psychology and group psychotherapy as an
evidence-based therapy; and (d) pinpoint and recognize Moreno as the forerunner of our
web-based social network media in virtual communities. Moreno joins the long, illustrious
line of psychiatrists, psychologists, and group psychotherapists whose work continues to
have an impact long after they have departed this world.
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