A Developmentalist’s Guide to Better Mental Health
At the centerpiece of Lois’s new book, A Developmentalist’s Guide to Better Mental Health: Navigating Everyday Life Dilemmas (Routledge), are 50 letters to “The Developmentalist” advice column, asking for help with life’s muddles and impasses. Combined with chapters introducing tenets of “A Developmentalist’s Practice,” A Developmentalist’s Guide is a must-read for all — coaches, educators, parents, friends — who want to help others grow. Say reviewers: “…It’s a powerful, social therapeutic invitation to transform everything!” and “…It embraces life’s challenges as opportunities for social–emotional growth.”
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Write to The Developmentalist
“The Developmentalist” is an unusual advice column. People write to Lois asking for help with the “no-way-out” scenarios of their lives. She writes back with direction on how to explore these muddles with others, so as to create a pathway for growth. Practical and philosophical, she invites general readers and practitioners to explore a developmentalist’s practice that they can make their own.
WRITE LOIS WITH YOUR DILEMMAS, & READ NEW LETTERS!
Study & Grow
Says Lois, “I love supporting people to learn and develop—and creating environments with them for that to happen. To me the support and creating are inseparable.”
Meanderings
The latest articles, events, etc from Lois Holzman
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Fred Newman and I wrote this nearly 20 years ago. What do you think today? Over nearly three decades we have described our work (our politics) in many
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Get In Touch
Lois Holzman is a cofounder with Fred Newman of the East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy and the Institute’s current director. She is a leading proponent of cultural approaches to learning, development and psychotherapy.
Email: lholzman@eastsideinstitute.org
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