CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF THE TERMS GROUP THERAPY AND GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY

Abstract

In a review of Corsini's Methods of Group Psychotherapy, in the March 1959 issue of this Journal, p. 840, Mr. Illing says: "Moreno claims for himself the first coinage of the term 'group psychotherapy' (1932), without, however, substantiating his claim, although he cites many 'witnesses' for his testimony, such as William Alanson White, Winfred Overholser, Pierre Renouvier, S. H. Foulkes