ABSTRACT
Tom Trabasso is one of the founders of the field of discourse psychology. To many of us who are active in discourse psychology, it is Tom who had the intellectual vision and genuine passion that was needed to launch the field. That vision was needed to sell our ideas to experimental psychologists, cognitive scientists, and to members of the various disciplines that contribute to discourse analysis. The passion was needed for everyone to stay motivated during the confused, unsettled stage when the field was discovering and inventing itself.
