Dr. Jacob (Jakob) Levy Moreno (18 May 1889 - 14 May 1974) was a leading psychiatrist, theorist and educator. He is the founder of Psychodrama, Sociometry and one of the pioneers of Group Psychotherapy. May 18 the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that studies and treats mental and emotional disorders (see mental illness). ... Psychodrama is a method of psychotherapy which explores, through action, the problems of people. ... Sociometry is the science and art of measuring relationships developed by pyschotherapist Jacob L. Moreno in his studies of the relationship between social configurations or structures and psychological well-being. ... Group therapy is a form of psychotherapy during which one or several therapists treat a small group of clients together as a group. ...

Moreno was born 1889 in Bucharest, Romania and grew up in Vienna. He studied medicine, mathematics, and philosophy at the University of Vienna, becoming an M.D. in 1917. He had rejected Freudian theory while still a medical student, and became interested in the potential of group settings for therapeutic practice. He continued his experimental work in psychodrama, sociometry, and group psychotherapy after moving to the U.S. in 1925, working in New York City, generally with children. He held positions at Columbia University and the New School for Social Research. Bucharest (Romanian: BucureÅŸti ) is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of Romania. ... This article is about the city and federal state in Austria. ... Medicine is the branch of health science and the sector of public life concerned with maintaining human health or restoring it through the treatment of disease and injury. ... Euclid, detail from The School of Athens by Raphael. ... The Philosopher (detail), by Rembrandt Philosophy is a field of study that includes diverse subfields such as aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic, and metaphysics, in which people ask questions such as whether God exists, whether knowledge is possible, and what makes actions right or wrong. ... University of Vienna, main building, seen from Beethovens apartment The University of Vienna (German: Universität Wien) in Austria was founded in 1365 by Rudolph IV and hence named Alma mater Rudolphina. ... The Medicinæ Doctor or Doctor of Medicine (M.D. or D.M.) is a doctorate level degree held by medical doctors. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Sigmund Freud His famous couch Sigmund Freud (May 6, 1856 - September 23, 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology, a movement that popularized the theory that unconscious motives control much behavior. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nickname: The Big Apple Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... Columbia University is a private university in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City and a member of the Ivy League. ... New School University is an institute of higher learning in New York City. ...

He was a student of Carl Jung's. His wife Zerka Moreno continues his work today. His students include the Swede Leif-Dag Blomkvist. Carl Jung around 1910, Source: Prints & Photographs Division Library of Congress Carl Gustav Jung (July 26, 1875 – June 6, 1961) (IPA:) was a Swiss psychiatrist and founder of Analytical Psychology. ...

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