Author: loisholzman

04 Jul

Posted at 15:38h in Look and Listen, Politics, Psychology of Becoming

  It's been about a month since Nobel prize winning biochemist Tim Hunt's comments on "girls" in science, and the furor hasn't stopped yet. But along with his sexism is dangerous scientism—“Science is about nothing but getting at the truth and anything that gets in the way of that diminishes, in...

15 Jun

Posted at 23:49h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Human Development, Learning Environments, Psychology of Becoming, Training/Classes, What's New

Each June, I spend 2 weeks or so with an international group of innovators/activists/scholars/community organizers. They are the Institute's International Class, in NYC for the third and final residency of their 10 month program. It's a unique kind of time together—intensely active, intellectually and emotionally challenging and growthful for all, and...

05 Jun

Posted at 16:09h in Human Development, Look and Listen, Speaking Engagements, What's New

What's Developing in a World in Crisis? with Jackie Salit and Lois Holzman Each month the East Side Institute chooses an audio or video recording from its storehouse of talks and workshops. Some are classics, going back to the 1990s and featuring Fred Newman's annual lectures and plays. Others are from events...

03 Jun

Posted at 18:57h in Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology of Becoming, Publications, Social Therapy, What's New

I just got word that a new book to which I contributed is hot off the presses. It’s titled Critical Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis and Counselling: Implications for Practice. Editor Del Loewenthal, Professor of Counselling and Psychotherapy at the University of Roehampton in the UK, has done an impressive job of bringing...

18 May

Posted at 22:03h in Community Organizing, Look and Listen, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, What's New

If you're a reader of this blog you know I'm an advocate for diverse ways to support people who are experiencing emotional distress and for broadening the scope of treatment options. And that I work with many others not only to bring the voices of ordinary people into the dialogue...

15 May

Posted at 18:55h in Activity Theory, Community Organizing, Culture, Education, Events, Human Development, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Psychology of Becoming, Speaking Engagements, Vygotsky, Youth Development

For this year's Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association in Chicago, I organized a symposium to bring Vygotsky's relevance to bear on the conference theme of "social justice." It worked! Those who attended the symposium—which I titled Vygotsky and Social Justice: Community Education and Community Development"—told me how...

11 May

Posted at 19:18h in Critical psychiatry, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Publications, Social Therapy, What's New

This month Palgrave Macmillan is out with a new book, Critical Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis and Counselling: Implications for Practice. It's edited by Del Loewenthal, Professor of Counselling and Psychotherapy at the University of Roehampton in the UK. I've had the delight of meeting Del—on both sides of the pond. I have a chapter in...