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Scope and Content of the Collection
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series 3: Awards and Certificates
Series 5: Class Papers and Exams
The Louis R. Ormont Psychology Collection
Overview of the Collection |
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| Repository: | Adelphi University |
| Creator: | Ormont, Louis R. |
| Title: | The Louis R. Ormont Psychology Collection |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1923-2006 |
| Quantity: | 4.5 linear feet (11 boxes) |
| Abstract: | Dr. Louis R. Ormont was a pioneer in the field of group psychotherapy who dedicated over 45 years to researching, writing, and speaking abouth group therapy practices. His work in group psychotherapy led him to found The Center for Group Studies and has published more than 30 professional articles on the subject. In 1974, Dr. Ormont joined the faculty at Adelphi University’s Gordon Derner Institution of Advanced Psychological Studies. |
| Language: | Collection materials are in English. |
Biographical History
Dr. Louis R. Ormont was born and raised in Philadelphia in 1918. After receiving a BA from Temple University, he later went on to study playwriting at Yale School of Drama and later Columbia University’s clinical psychology program. Although most noted as a psychoanalysis and pioneer for group psychotherapy, Dr. Ormont was also a prolific playwright, writting over 50 manuscripts for theatre, television, and film. A student of the theater, Ormont developed a teaching method combining scholastic and experimental learning, that made his public presentations sought after events. His writing is characterized by prose that simplifies complex theories and highlights the role of the therapist in negotiating the densities of group process. This prompted him to establish the Ormont Method; which recognized the group experience as an “agent of change."
Ormont played a pivotal role in establishing two very prominent centers for psychotherapy. In 1970 he helped establish The Center for Modern Psychoanalysis Studies in New York along with his wife, Joan Ormont and numerous other colleagues and The Center for Group Studies in 1989. He has dedicated over five decades to the study of group therapy, leading over 20,000 group sessions and publishing more than 30 professional articles on group therapy, as well as two highly acclaimed books on the subject: The Group Therapy Experiment and The Technique of Group Treatment. In 1974, Dr. Ormont joined the faculty at Adelphi University’s Gordon Derner Institution of Advanced Psychological Studies and has also held faculty positions at Washington School of Psychiatry, New York University Medical School, Columbia University, Manhattan Center for Advanced Psychological Studies, Boston Center for Psychoanalytic Studies and The Philadelphia School for Psychoanalysis. In 1998, Dr. Ormont was named “Group Psychologist of the Year” by the American Psychological Association and in 2000 he was made a Distinguished Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
The Louis R. Ormont Collection contains materials from two distinct sides of Dr. ormont's life and career; his literary career as a playwright and his medical career as a psychologist and psychoanalyst. The Louis R. Ormont Literary Collection chieftly consists of play and television manuscripts from several of his literary endeavors including his time at Yale University. The collection also includes academic papers, play programs, correspondence relating to Ormont's scripts, notecards, paperback plays, and books relating to theatre. The Louis R. Ormont Psychology Collection consists largely of his publications on group therapy but also includes handwritten notes and research materials. The collection also includes a large amount of audio visual materials including reel to reel, cassettes, and VHS tapes.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Louis R. Ormont Psychology Collection; Box and folder number; Adelphi University Archives and Special Collections, Garden City, NY.
Processing Information
This collection was processed in early 2012 by Vanessa Nastro under the supervision of Professor Jessica Wagner.
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Restrictions
Access Restrictions
The Louis R. Ormont Psychology collection is open to research. Photocopies of fragile materials are provided for researchers in lieu of the originals.
Use Restrictions
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from Adelphi University Archives and Special Collections. Researchers are responsible for copyright compliance.
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Subject and Genre Headings
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Arrangement of the Collection
The 4.5 linear feet of processed material is arranged to the folder level in 13 document boxes and consists of 11 series:
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Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
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| Includes curriculum vitae and resumes for Louis R. Ormont, information on affiliations, clinical experience, and seminars. | ||||||||||||
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| 1 | 1 | Curriculum Vitae, 1946-2001 | ||||||||||
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| Includes school transcripts, undergraduate and graduate educational credits, and a diploma. Several documents in this series list Dr. Ormont’s last name as Goldberg. | ||||||||||||
| Arranged chronologically when dates are available. | ||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | Academic training and organizations, 1923-1957, 1963 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Central High School, 1936 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Boy Scouts of America, 1937, 1939 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Temple University, 1937-1941 | |||||||||||
| 6-7 | Army Service Forces, 1942-1947, 1954 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Western Reserve University, 1945-1946 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Columbia University, 1956-1958 | |||||||||||
| 10 | The National Psychological association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP) | |||||||||||
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| Items include certification as a psychologist and psychoanalysis from the New York State Education Department and National Psychological Association for Psychonalysis, certificates of memberships to The New York Academy Sciences, American Group Psychotherapy Association, and the New York Society of Clinical Psychologists. | ||||||||||||
| Arranged chronologically when dates are available. | ||||||||||||
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| 1 | 11 | New York State Certification, 1959 | ||||||||||
| Certificate of membership to The New York Academy of Sciences, 1966 | ||||||||||||
| Fellowship, 1969 | ||||||||||||
| Certificate of membership to the New York Society of Clinical Psychologists, Inc., 1971 | ||||||||||||
| Certificate in Psychoanalysis, 1974 | ||||||||||||
| Group Psychotherapist Certification, 1995 | ||||||||||||
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| Items pertaining to Dr. Ormont’s education, his various teaching appointments, fellowships, his participation in panel discussions and presentations, and correspondence between fellow colleagues Dr. Hyman Spotnitz, Dr. Alexander Wolf, and Dr. Asya Kadis. | ||||||||||||
| Arranged chronologically when dates are available. | ||||||||||||
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| 1 | 12 | Correspondence regarding educational credits, 1956-1959 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Appointed positions and fellowships, 1963-1967, 1971, 1998, 1999 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Adelphi University, 1973, 1974, 1991, 1998, 2000-2002 | |||||||||||
| 15 | Presentations, panels, and publications, 1958, 1987-1992, 1998 | |||||||||||
| 16 | From Spotnitz, Wolf, and Kadis, 1955-1957, 1967 | |||||||||||
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| Includes class papers on education and psychology, exams, thesis draft, and class materials pertaining to work done at Columbia University. | ||||||||||||
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| 2 | 1 | Education Papers, 1957 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Draft of Ph.D. Thesis, undated | |||||||||||
| 3 | Class Materials, 1955-1956 | |||||||||||
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| Articles written by Ormont pertaining to Group psychoanalysis. A Russian language version of Ormont’s publication, The Group Therapy Experience: from theory to practice. [Include books in the collection] | ||||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | ||||||||||||
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| 3 | 1 | Acting in and the Therapeutic Contract in Group Psychoanalysis, 1969 | ||||||||||
| Aggression and Cancer in Group Treatment, undated | ||||||||||||
| Bridging in Group Analysis, 1997 | ||||||||||||
| Bringing Life Into the Group Experience: The Power of Immediacy, 1996 | ||||||||||||
| Conjoint Therapy, undated | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Craft of Bridging, The, 1990 | |||||||||||
| Cultivating the Observing Ego in the Group Setting, 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Developing Emotional Insulation, 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Drawing the Isolate Into the Group Flow, 2004 | ||||||||||||
| Establishing the Analytic Contract in a Newly Formed Therapeutic Group, 1962 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Establishing Transient Identification in the Group Setting, 1999 | |||||||||||
| Group as Agent of Change, The, 1996 | ||||||||||||
| Group Resistances, The, undated | ||||||||||||
| Group Resistance and the Therapeutic Contract, 1968 | ||||||||||||
| Group Therapy Experience: From Theory to Practice, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| Junior Group, The, 1987 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Keeping the Group Flourishing: The Crisis, 2006 | |||||||||||
| Leader's Role in Dealing with Aggression in Groups, The, 1984 | ||||||||||||
| Leader's Role in Resolving Resistances to Intimacy in the Group Setting, The, 1988 | ||||||||||||
| Meeting Maturational Needs in teh Group Setting, 2002 | ||||||||||||
| Meeting Maturational Needs in Modern Group Analysis, 2002 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Opening Sessions in Group Psychoanalysis, The, 1959 | |||||||||||
| Patient in the Group Setting, The, undated | ||||||||||||
| Preparation of Patients for Group Psychoanalysis, The, 1957 | ||||||||||||
| Progressive Emotional Communication: Criteria for a Well-Functioning Group, 1999 | ||||||||||||
| Resolution of Resistances By Conjoint Psychoanalysis, The, 1964 | ||||||||||||
| Resolving Resistances to Immediacy in teh Group Setting, 1993 | ||||||||||||
| Role of the Leader in Managing the Pre-Oedipal in the Group Setting, The, 1989 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Subjective Countertransference in the Group Setting: The Modern Analytic Experience, 1992 | |||||||||||
| Symposium: The Making of a Modern Group Analyst, 1993 | ||||||||||||
| Tendency to Differentiate in Perceiving Others as Related to Anxiety and Adjustment, 1960 | ||||||||||||
| Training Group Therapists Through the Study of Countertransference, 1980 | ||||||||||||
| Treatment of Pre-Oedipal Resistances in the Group Setting, The, 1974 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Use of the Group in Resolving the Subjective Countertransference, 1991 | |||||||||||
| Use of Objective Countertransference to Resolve Group Resistances, The, 1970 | ||||||||||||
| View of the Rise of Modern Group Analysis, A, 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Where Is Group Treatment Going in the 21st Century?, 2000 | ||||||||||||
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| Items include papers and a notebook written by Ormont on Group Therapy Studies, studies Ormont had written about at Western Reserve, and information pertaining to The Center for the Advancement of Group Studies which Ormont was the founder and Director. | |||||||||||
| Subseries A: The Center for the Advancement of Group Studies | |||||||||||
| Items include papers and a notebook written by Ormont on Group Therapy Studies, studies Ormont had written about at Western Reserve, and information pertaining to The Center for the Advancement of Group Studies which Ormont was the founder and Director. | |||||||||||
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| 3 | 1 | Related literature | |||||||||
| Subseries B: Papers and Criticisms | |||||||||||
| Papers written by Ormont pertaining to his work on Group Psychotherapy | |||||||||||
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| 3 | 2 | Resistances Encountered During the First Session in Group Psychotherapy | |||||||||
| 3 | The Effect of Group Psychotherapy on the Self-Concept | ||||||||||
| 4 | An Approach to the Opening Session in Group Psychoanalysis | ||||||||||
| 5 | Report on Group Therapy | ||||||||||
| Subseries C: Western Reserve Group Work | |||||||||||
| Items include papers and a notebook written by Ormont on Group Therapy Studies, studies Ormont had written about at Western Reserve, and information pertaining to The Center for the Advancement of Group Studies which Ormont was the founder and Director. | |||||||||||
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| Subseries D: Presentation on Group Analysis | |||||||||||
| Outline on group therapy, includes handwritten notes and information organized by chapter. | |||||||||||
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| 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Includes many VHS tapes, cassettes, and reel to reel on a variety of topics involving group therapy. | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | |||||||||||
| 13 | n/a | Professional and personal recordings | ||||||||||
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| Research and study material on psychoanalysis, group studies, seminars by Dr. Hyman Spotnitz, existential analysis, dream theory and interpretation, Freud, Charcot, Klein, Wilhelm Reich and aspects of psychology. | ||||||||||||
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| 8-11 | n/a | Notecards | ||||||||||
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| Items include a notebook, papers, and several drawings pertaining to two case studies. | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | |||||||||||
| 12 | 1 | Sandy | ||||||||||
| 2 | Marvin | |||||||||||
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| Several reviews on Dr. Ormont’s publications, particularly The Group Therapy Experience: From theory to practice, 1992. | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | |||||||||||
| 12 | 3 | |||||||||||
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