Zerka moreno biography channel

I’m not sure how many 94-year olds have published new books this year, but I know that Zerka T. Moreno has published one that is both inspirational and an important document in the history of psychology.

It happens also to be a pleasure to read; my mother is among the last of a generation of deeply cultivated Jewish women who read widely, spoke several languages, and respected the power of the word.

(Even though she’s my mother, as a history of science professor I’m going to claim total objectivity!)

Her memoir, To Dream Again, recounts both her remarkable life and her work with her partner, my father J.L.

Moreno, a psychiatrist and the pioneer of psychodrama, group psychotherapy, sociometry (social network theory), role playing, encounter groups, and sensitivity training. J.L. died in 1974 just short of his 85th birthday, but as she was 27 years younger Zerka was able to carry on for him.

Though my father was a creative genius, in many ways it was my mother who matured and sys