Author: loisholzman

04 Apr

Posted at 17:27h in Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Human Development, Philosophy, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapy

Continuing the theme of my last post on how critique and action and practice are and can be related, I share the introduction to the 2010 re-issue of Fred Newman's book Let's Develop! A Guide to Continuous Personal Growth. Newman's social therapy is one of the ways psychology is being...

03 Apr

Posted at 19:05h in Critical psychiatry, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Training/Classes

For the past few weeks I’ve been leading, with Robert Whitaker, an online conversation entitled, "Mad in America: Where do we go from here?" The course is created through an asynchronous group email and real-time Zoom calls where people share experiences, respond to readings and videos, and pose questions and responses....

01 Mar

Posted at 18:00h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Events, Human Development, Psychology of Becoming

On March 3 I'll be in Puebla Mexico as a speaker at the Fifth International Conference on Consciousness and Spirituality, sponsored by the Transpersonal Instituto  Universitario of Puebla. To this organization, transpersonal postulates a paradigm shift and expands existing models related to human behavior. This year's theme is "The Consciousness of...

28 Jan

Posted at 00:42h in Culture, Language, Psychology of Becoming

“Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.”   So said Mark Twain, a wise and witty man with a singular way with words. I’ve long thought Twain is giving us excellent advice and these days it’s especially compelling. Whether in the newspaper,...