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Word Magic: Some Thoughts On Word Play and Humor in Therapy Groups

I offer these thoughts in response to Irene Bloomfield’s invitation for dialogue (GROUP ANALYSIS IX/3, 1976:223-225). I am gratified to learn that someone is trying to puzzle out the role of humor in therapy. For some time now I have felt that episodes of spontaneous humor in groups were very important. Recently I committed some of my thoughts on humor to paper in an attempt to systematize them. My discussion here will condense and elaborate on ideas discussed there.