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Posts by: loisholzman

  1. Did the DSM-5 Task Force Really Back Down? May 15, 2012

    Posted in Critical psychiatry, Culture, DSM-5, Health Care, Politics, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Therapy.

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  2. Webinar on Social Therapy—A Welcome Break from the DSM-5 May 10, 2012

    Posted in Activity Theory, Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Human Development, Learning Environments, Philosophy, Play, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy.

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  3. Occupy the APA May 5, 2012

    Posted in Community Organizing, Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Psychology, Psychotherapy.

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  4. Therapy Today Weighs in on DSM-5 May 4, 2012

    Posted in Community Organizing, Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Human Development, Philosophy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Therapy.

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  5. Educational Researchers, AERA and Community Organizing April 30, 2012

    Posted in Community Organizing, Creativity, Education, Performance Movement, Play, Vygotsky, Youth Development.

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  6. Questioning Normal at TEDMED April 24, 2012

    Posted in Creativity, Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Education, Health Care, Psychology, Psychotherapy.

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  7. Deciding What’s Normal at TEDMED April 7, 2012

    Posted in Creativity, Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Education, Health Care, Human Development, Psychology.

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  8. Can You Grieve and Not Be Labeled with a Mental Disorder? March 22, 2012

    Posted in DSM-5, Health Care, Human Development, Psychology, Psychotherapy.

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  9. What if client and mental health provider co-created a diagnosis? March 17, 2012

    Posted in DSM-5, Philosophy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Therapy.

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  10. APA DSM-5 Task Force Discloses and Exposes March 14, 2012

    Posted in Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Health Care, Psychology, Psychotherapy.

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  11. Forget the DSM: Social Therapy as Clinical Practice February 23, 2012

    Posted in Community Organizing, Creativity, Critical psychiatry, Culture, DSM-5, Education, Health Care, Human Development, Philosophy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy.

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  12. Take Back Our Subjectivity February 17, 2012

    Posted in Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Human Development, Language, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Psychotherapy.

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  13. There’s No Science in the DSM February 1, 2012

    Posted in DSM-5, Psychology, Psychotherapy.

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  14. Autism, Asperger’s, Theatre and Play—Watch this TED Talk January 24, 2012

    Posted in Creativity, Culture, DSM-5, Human Development, Performance Movement, Theatre.

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  15. Still More on DSM-5 January 18, 2012

    Posted in Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Health Care, Human Development, Psychology, Psychotherapy.

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  16. More on The DSM-5 Controversy January 9, 2012

    Posted in DSM-5, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy, Wittgenstein.

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  17. The Real Problem with the DSM-5 January 4, 2012

    Posted in DSM-5, Health Care, Human Development, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Social Therapy.

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  18. Common Joint Activity December 29, 2011

    Posted in Creativity, Culture, Education, Human Development, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Social Therapeutics, Vygotsky, Youth Development.

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  19. What is Relational Therapy? November 17, 2011

    Posted in Human Development, Psychotherapy, Social Therapy.

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  20. Can Kids Run a Town? November 16, 2011

    Posted in Culture, Education, Human Development, Learning Environments, Youth Development.

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  21. Social Therapy in South Africa November 9, 2011

    Posted in Activity Theory, Community Organizing, Education, Human Development, Performance Movement, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Theatre, Vygotsky.

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  22. Talking (Postmodern) Marxism in China October 27, 2011

    Posted in Activity Theory, Creativity, Education, Human Development, Language, Learning Environments, Philosophy, Politics, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Therapy, Vygotsky, Wittgenstein.

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  23. Understanding through Play and Plays October 18, 2011

    Posted in Creativity, Education, Human Development, Language, Learning Environments, Philosophy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Therapy, Vygotsky, Wittgenstein.

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  24. Vygotsky and Wittgenstein in Therapy October 9, 2011

    Posted in Creativity, Culture, Education, Language, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Philosophy, Postmodern Marxism, Psychotherapy, Social Therapy, Vygotsky, Wittgenstein.

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  25. An Appreciative Review October 6, 2011

    Posted in Activity Theory, Creativity, Culture, Education, Human Development, Language, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Philosophy, Politics, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy, Theatre, Vygotsky, Youth Development.

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