Introducing Myself Lee Kassan issn 0362-4021 © 2013 Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society group, Vol. 37, No. 1, Spring 2013 3 As of this issue, Dominick Grundy has moved on after four years at GROUP to become the new editor of the International Journal of Group Psychotherapy (IJGP), and I have become the new editor of GROUP. It has been a pleasure and a privilege to work and collaborate with him during his tenure, and I know he will do a masterful job at the IJGP, as he did here at GROUP. Now, having served as associate editor of GROUP since 2001, I am happy to take on the additional responsibilities of the editor position and continue Dominick’s legacy, in addition to implementing a few new ideas of my own. Those of you who know me as a psychotherapist may not know that I have had a parallel career in editing and publishing. My first job in the publishing field began in 1968, when I started as a copy editor and proofreader at the Village Voice. I have kept my hand in ever since, doing editorial work for a number of publishers and authors over the past 40 years. In 1993, I also started writing and publishing books and articles of my own. My first book was Genius Revisited: High IQ Children Grown Up (Ablex), a collaboration with three other writers about children who attended Hunter College Elementary School and their lives as adults. My first solo effort was Shrink Rap: Sixty Psycho‑ therapists Discuss Their Work, Their Lives, and the State of Their Field (Jason Aronson, 1996), which was a Main Selection of the Psychotherapy Book Club. Since then, I have published three other books, Second Opinions: Sixty Psychotherapy Patients Evaluate Their Therapists (Jason Aronson, 1999), Who Could We Ask? The Gestalt Therapy of Michael Kriegsfeld (iUniverse, 2007), and Peer Supervision Groups: How They Work and Why You Need One (Jason Aronson, 2011), as well as several articles. My vision for the journal includes some new features that I hope will make it even more relevant to the work we do. I want to continue the column recently started by Walter N. Stone titled “Thinking About Our Work,” which allows us to address GROUP 37.1 book.indb 3 2/19/13 2:06 PM 4 kassan important topics in a less formal way. I also want to find some way for readers to respond to articles directly and hold active discussions of the issues they raise. To that end, I am very interested in hearing from you, our readers, with any ideas you may have for changes or additions that would make the journal even more of a resource you look forward to reading. Although Dominick has moved on, his guiding hand will be felt for a while: He has overseen this issue and the next. I want to honor him for his outstanding skill and leadership as editor these past four years. I only hope I can live up to the standards he has set. —Lee Kassan, Editor GROUP 37.1 book.indb 4 2/19/13 2:06 PM ...