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The Technique of Group Therapy, an anthology of Louis Ormont's collected papers, is aptly titled, for it is above all a book on how and why to do group therapy. Edited by his colleague Lena Blanco Furgeri, the volume presents Ormont's vision of group therapy and how it should be practiced to achieve its full potential as a splendid, vital, and, in his opinion, often superior form of psychotherapy. Group practitioners offer thanks to Ms. Furgeri for bringing these many papers together for the first time, spanning some forty-two years of Ormont's writings. The volume provides a multi-faceted prescription for keeping groups alive and working creatively. It is also a loving tribute to Lou, as he is affectionately known by students, colleagues, and patients alike. Teacher, trainer, therapist, writer, and inspirer of hundreds if not thousands of students over the years, Lou, eminence in the field of group therapy, wise old owl, takes a well-deserved bow.
The papers are arranged by topic rather than chronologically, as the table of contents clearly shows. An excellent introductory chapter by Ms. Furgeri provides an overview of the book's contents and the major ideas to be covered, and details some of the major influences on Ormont's personal and professional life. Following two introductory chapters by Ormont, the papers have been divided into six topic sections, namely, the Newly Formed Group (four papers), Resistances (five papers), Countertransference (three papers), Conjoint Therapy (three papers), Bridging (two papers), and, finally, Aggression, Emotional Insulation, Immediacy (five