Some History of the IAGP
By Sue Daniel
(With a lot of assistance from an article by Anne Schutzenberger (Archivist IAGP) in the International “FORUM” of Group Psychotherapy, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2002)
On the 18th of January 2008 our Moreno Psychodrama Society was accepted as a full Affiliate Organisation of the IAGP. What is the IAGP?
1950 – 1st international Congress of Psychiatry (Paris, October 1950) and especially during the 2nd International Congress of Criminology and its psychiatry section, Dr Jacob Levy Moreno put forward the idea to have an International Association of Group Psychotherapy. Moreno, the founding Father of Group Psychotherapy, who also coined that term in 1924, had already founded the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama in 1941. It was a natural extension for Moreno.
1951 - The First Committee on Group Psychotherapy and, according to Moreno, “The First Official Step” towards IAGP, was created in Paris in 1951.
1954 - An International Committee for Group Psychotherapy was formed at the 1st International Congress on Group Psychotherapy in Toronto in 1954.
1957 – The International Committee became the International Council of Group Psychotherapy during the Zurich, 2nd International Congress on Group Psychotherapy.
1963 – At the 3rd International Congress in Milan, someone suggested to Moreno to have the First International Congress of Psychodrama in Paris.
1964 – This Congress came about in Paris, in September 1964. It was organised by Anne Schutzenberger. There were 1,200 participants from 28 countries.
1968 - The 4th International Congress was held in Vienna.
1973 – The 5th Congress was held in Zurich.
IAGP – 1973
During the Zurich Congress, the IAGP was co-founded by Moreno, who became the Honorary President, and 12 others; A. Friedmann (Switzerland), Anne Schutzenberger (France), Raymond Battegay (Switzerland), Samuel Hadden (USA), Raoul Schindler (Austria), S. H. Foulkes (UK), Joshua Bierer (UK), Jay Fidler (USA), Zerka Moreno (USA), Grete Leutz (Germany), Ambros Uchtenhagen (Switzerland), Anne-Lise Heigel-Evers (Germany), incorporated according to the Swiss Civil Code by Raymond Battegay.
Dr Moreno died in 1974.
The next meetings:
The 6th congress was held in Philadelphia in August 1977, the Nice and Madrid Congresses prior to that having to be cancelled; 7th: Copenhagen, 1980; 8th: Mexico, 1984; 9th: Zagreb, 1986; 10th: Amsterdam, 1989 (my first Congress); 11th: Montreal, 1992; 12th: Buenos Aires, 1995; 13th: London, 1989; 14th: Jerusalem, 2000; 15th: Istanbul, 2003; 16th: Sao Paulo, 2006 and 17th: Rome, 2009.
When will we have our turn??? Do we want to host a Congress in Melbourne in 2018? In 2012 it goes somewhere else, maybe the USA, and in 2015 it most likely has to return to a country in Europe so that leaves 2018 - a long time you may think, but why not warm up to the idea now?
Let me know what your view is on this at:
(MorenoSociety@netspace.net.au)
The Psychodrama Section within the IAGP
In 1993, the IAGP started 2 sections, Psychodrama and Group Analysis. Grete Leutz (Germany) and David Kipper (USA) were the 1st co-chairs of the Psychodrama Section. Peter Felix Nathan Kellermann (Israel) and Jorge Burmeister (Switzerland) were the 2nd co-chairs, followed by Sue Daniel, (Australia) 3rd Chairperson, and Manuela Maciel, (Portugal) 4th and current Chairperson. Several other sections were formed in this time; Family Therapy, Organisational Consultation, System Centred Group Psychotherapy and a Transcultural Section.
Other Events
Apart from the 3 yearly IAGP Congresses, several other congresses and conferences are held in different world areas between the main Congresses. One of these is the Pacific Rim Regional Congress, (PRRC), the next one being held in Matsue, Japan, in October, 2008.
In June I will bring forward the journey of Moreno and the IAGP in action at the Theatre of Spontaneity, on Friday, 27 June 2008, from 7.30 – 10.30 p.m.
(With a lot of assistance from an article by Anne Schutzenberger (Archivist IAGP) in the International “FORUM” of Group Psychotherapy, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2002)
On the 18th of January 2008 our Moreno Psychodrama Society was accepted as a full Affiliate Organisation of the IAGP. What is the IAGP?
1950 – 1st international Congress of Psychiatry (Paris, October 1950) and especially during the 2nd International Congress of Criminology and its psychiatry section, Dr Jacob Levy Moreno put forward the idea to have an International Association of Group Psychotherapy. Moreno, the founding Father of Group Psychotherapy, who also coined that term in 1924, had already founded the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama in 1941. It was a natural extension for Moreno.
1951 - The First Committee on Group Psychotherapy and, according to Moreno, “The First Official Step” towards IAGP, was created in Paris in 1951.
1954 - An International Committee for Group Psychotherapy was formed at the 1st International Congress on Group Psychotherapy in Toronto in 1954.
1957 – The International Committee became the International Council of Group Psychotherapy during the Zurich, 2nd International Congress on Group Psychotherapy.
1963 – At the 3rd International Congress in Milan, someone suggested to Moreno to have the First International Congress of Psychodrama in Paris.
1964 – This Congress came about in Paris, in September 1964. It was organised by Anne Schutzenberger. There were 1,200 participants from 28 countries.
1968 - The 4th International Congress was held in Vienna.
1973 – The 5th Congress was held in Zurich.
IAGP – 1973
During the Zurich Congress, the IAGP was co-founded by Moreno, who became the Honorary President, and 12 others; A. Friedmann (Switzerland), Anne Schutzenberger (France), Raymond Battegay (Switzerland), Samuel Hadden (USA), Raoul Schindler (Austria), S. H. Foulkes (UK), Joshua Bierer (UK), Jay Fidler (USA), Zerka Moreno (USA), Grete Leutz (Germany), Ambros Uchtenhagen (Switzerland), Anne-Lise Heigel-Evers (Germany), incorporated according to the Swiss Civil Code by Raymond Battegay.
Dr Moreno died in 1974.
The next meetings:
The 6th congress was held in Philadelphia in August 1977, the Nice and Madrid Congresses prior to that having to be cancelled; 7th: Copenhagen, 1980; 8th: Mexico, 1984; 9th: Zagreb, 1986; 10th: Amsterdam, 1989 (my first Congress); 11th: Montreal, 1992; 12th: Buenos Aires, 1995; 13th: London, 1989; 14th: Jerusalem, 2000; 15th: Istanbul, 2003; 16th: Sao Paulo, 2006 and 17th: Rome, 2009.
When will we have our turn??? Do we want to host a Congress in Melbourne in 2018? In 2012 it goes somewhere else, maybe the USA, and in 2015 it most likely has to return to a country in Europe so that leaves 2018 - a long time you may think, but why not warm up to the idea now?
Let me know what your view is on this at:
(MorenoSociety@netspace.net.au)
The Psychodrama Section within the IAGP
In 1993, the IAGP started 2 sections, Psychodrama and Group Analysis. Grete Leutz (Germany) and David Kipper (USA) were the 1st co-chairs of the Psychodrama Section. Peter Felix Nathan Kellermann (Israel) and Jorge Burmeister (Switzerland) were the 2nd co-chairs, followed by Sue Daniel, (Australia) 3rd Chairperson, and Manuela Maciel, (Portugal) 4th and current Chairperson. Several other sections were formed in this time; Family Therapy, Organisational Consultation, System Centred Group Psychotherapy and a Transcultural Section.
Other Events
Apart from the 3 yearly IAGP Congresses, several other congresses and conferences are held in different world areas between the main Congresses. One of these is the Pacific Rim Regional Congress, (PRRC), the next one being held in Matsue, Japan, in October, 2008.
In June I will bring forward the journey of Moreno and the IAGP in action at the Theatre of Spontaneity, on Friday, 27 June 2008, from 7.30 – 10.30 p.m.
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