Zerka T. Moreno Award
Linda Ciotola is the 2008 recipient of the Zerka T. Moreno Award. Who is Zerka T. Moreno?
Zerka Toeman Moreno is often called “The Mother of Psychodrama”. She is the widow of J. L. Moreno, M.D., and as his partner and collaborator developed group psychotherapy, psychodrama, and sociometry.
She wrote and published extensively in the field , trained psychodramatists world – wide and until age 96, continued to write, train , and inspire from her home in Charlottesville, Va. Until her recent death, she continued teaching thru videos and personal interviews from her Rockville, MD nursing home. Read Zerka’s compelling memoirs To Dream Again. Linda is honored and proud to have received the award named for Zerka.