Author: loisholzman

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...

07 May

Posted at 01:44h in Community Organizing, Events, Human Development, Politics, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy, Speaking Engagements

[caption id="attachment_2613" align="aligncenter" width="2448"] Taipei view, next to our hotel[/caption] In April I I had the privilege of spending 5 days in Taiwan at the invitation of a dear long-time colleague, Lin-Ching Hsia. She is a political leader, a community activist and a professor of psychology at Fu-jen Catholic University in...

05 May

Posted at 18:14h in Creativity, I Like This, Play, Theatre, What's New

Theatre and Improv with and for people with an autism or Asperberger's label are getting the attention they deserve. Check out these articles from American Theatre and the Huffington Post. The Curious Incidence of Theatre on the Autism Spectrum Teens With Autism Stretch, Grow And Laugh In Improv Classes At Second City    ...

07 Apr

Posted at 07:32h in What's New

April 7, 2015 Dear Readers, As I'm writing chapters on science and health I could use your input. Can you take minute to complete this poll? Thanks, Lois [column col="1/2"][yop_poll id="7"][/column] [column col="1/2"][yop_poll id="8"][/column]   See other reader polls by clicking here. See more about Lois' Book, The Overweight Brain here....

25 Mar

Posted at 17:35h in Activity Theory, Community Organizing, Culture, Education, Psychology of Becoming, Speaking Engagements, Vygotsky

I'm honored to be receiving an award at the upcoming American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting in Chicago. It's really an award for everyone in the growing international development community. I'll post my talk at the end of April, so check back next month. ...