Author: loisholzman

12 Sep Words to Ponder #3

Posted at 14:38h in I Like This, What's New, Words to Ponder 1 Comment

Something which is only supposed to take shape at the very end of development, somehow influences the very first steps in this development. Lev Vygotsky ...

11 Sep SOCIAL THERAPEUTICS & THE PRACTICE OF METHOD

Posted at 03:34h in Activity Theory, Human Development, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Therapy, Training/Classes, Vygotsky, What's New, Wittgenstein 0 Comments

We’ve revamped the popular in-depth online course in social therapeutics: SOCIAL THERAPEUTICS & THE PRACTICE OF METHOD January 2016 begins the 7th year I’ve been leading the East Side Institute’s online certificate program in social therapeutics. In recognition of the 20th anniversary of the publication of Unscientific Psychology: A Cultural-Performatory Approach to...

02 Sep Words to Ponder #2

Posted at 00:36h in Creativity, Culture, I Like This, Look and Listen, Words to Ponder 3 Comments

"I love to discover potential in people who aren't thought to have any." Oliver Sacks, who passed away on August 26, 2015 ...

29 Aug Beyond the DSM

Posted at 14:48h in Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Speaking Engagements 2 Comments

“What we need is more facilities where people can walk in and say 'Hey, I'm feeling really down today. Can I just be here for a while and see what could be a contribution to me and make me feel better?' I think this is true for most people but...

21 Aug What Do 1984, Brave New World and the DSM-5 Have in Common?

Posted at 21:46h in Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Psychology of Becoming 3 Comments

Thanks to APA symposium (“Beyond the DSM: Current Trends in Devising New Diagnostic Alternatives”) discussant Sarah Kamens for bringing to our attention a chilling essay reviewing the DSM-5. Author Sam Kriss “reviews” the book as if it were a dystopian novel like 1984 and Brave New World. The essay appeared...

20 Aug Words to Ponder #1

Posted at 21:51h in I Like This, Vygotsky, What's New, Words to Ponder 5 Comments

This post begins what I will try to make a weekly feature—a sharing of quotes that inspire me think/see/feel/relate in some (new) ways. Here's one I return to over and over again. "A psychology with a natural science method contains an insoluble contradiction. It is a natural science about unnatural things [and produces]...

16 Aug The Seduction of Bad Ideas

Posted at 20:17h in DSM-5, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming 1 Comment

I've been rereading my Psychology Today columns since I began writing them over two years ago. It's something I'm doing while I'm finishing up writing a chapter on psychology for my online book, The Overweight Brain: How our obsession with knowing keeps us from getting smart enough to make a better...

13 Aug Development, Not Just Jobs

Posted at 21:06h in I Like This, Look and Listen 0 Comments

Inner City Youth Need Development, Not Just Jobs Nice piece in the Chicago Business Journal with David Cherry, City Leader of All Stars Project Chicago and of the Chicago branch of its Development School for Youth. ...

01 Aug In Conversation with Eric Maisel

Posted at 21:19h in Creativity, Look and Listen 0 Comments

Caught on Tape for August—Making a Conceptual Revolution with Lois Holzman and Eric Maisel Each month the Institute features a discussion of an audio or video recording from our web archives. These rich and varied presentations touch on a range of topics, such as group collective creativity, meaning-making, performance and play, learning...

31 Jul Sugata Mitra—Build a School in the Cloud

Posted at 21:07h in I Like This, Learning Environments, Look and Listen 0 Comments

I'm a big fan of Sugata Mitra. His work creating environments for and documenting self organizing learning environments (SOLE) is stunning. And here in his 2103 TED Talk about half way into the talk he raises the question, "Is Knowing obsolete?" And answers YES! I'm going to send him Fred Newman's...