A Psychology of Becoming

Here's where I share what I'm thinking about. I would love your comments.

23 Mar Human Development—Vygotsky at Work and Play in Japanese Educational Culture

Posted at 17:16h in Activity Theory, Creativity, Culture, Education, Human Development, Psychology of Becoming 0 Comments

On March 16 I had the pleasure of attending a symposium at which four Japanese colleagues presented their work. They were visiting the East Side Institute and All Stars Project to learn more, after having participated in a workshop I led months earlier in Kobe Japan. On their last day...

14 Jan “Lay” People and Emotional Distress

Posted at 14:00h in Community Organizing, DSM-5, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapy 0 Comments

For the past several years, the East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy (Institute) and the Social Therapy Group have held forums and conducted surveys on the streets of New York City on mental health topics. We’ve been working on analyzing the data from nearly 300 surveys conducted...

28 Dec Faces and Places

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Some favorite photos from an eventful 2014...

20 Dec Reflections on an Online Wittgenstein Course

Posted at 16:16h in Creativity, Education, Learning Environments, Psychology of Becoming, Training/Classes, Wittgenstein 4 Comments

My colleagues and I at the East Side Institute have been leading online seminars and study programs for about ten years. They’re more like written conversations than formal classes, because even though there are readings and assignments, we’re not grading or evaluating anyone. No one’s getting university or continuing education...

12 Dec What is the Practice of Method?

Posted at 16:53h in Events, Psychology of Becoming, Training/Classes 2 Comments

Social Therapeutics and the Practice of Method A 20-week online certificate program w/ Lois Holzman & Faculty January – June 2015 It's one of my favorite activities! Check it out. What does a five-month, online, group study on a postmodern, performance based approach to human development look like? Well, according to our most recent...

01 Dec Playing with Hard Stuff…more on Japan

Posted at 21:19h in Community Organizing, DSM-5, Psychology of Becoming 0 Comments

For some more on my trip to Japan, please read my Psychology Today column, "The Grand Prix of Hallucinations" In this community, people don't try to silence the voices they hear or keep them to themselves. They socialize them, study them, play with them, and gain the courage to live joyously. ...

18 Nov From Kobe to Sapporo—The Play’s the Thing!

Posted at 20:17h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Events, Human Development, Learning Environments, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics, Youth Development 3 Comments

My week in Japan was gratifying in so many ways, most of all the experience of being a participant in the ongoing process of organizing the young generation of Japanese teacher educators and psychology researchers. (A close second was the wonderful taste and visual pleasure of every meal I was...

10 Nov The How of Playing (Japanese Style)

Posted at 12:17h in Community Organizing, Culture, Events, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Speaking Engagements, Vygotsky, Wittgenstein 4 Comments

I've been in Japan since Thursday November 6 and I'm half way thorugh my trip. I'll be sharing a more comprehensive report once I return home. I was privileged to present a keynote adress to the Japanese Association for Educational Psychology conference in Kobe on Friday. I titled it The How...

17 Sep People Speak Out About Diagnosis

Posted at 19:50h in Community Organizing, DSM-5, Psychology of Becoming 2 Comments

I posted a Psychology Today A Conceptual Revolution column yesterday, “Do You Need a Diagnosis to Get Some Help?” There I shared an overview of what happened when a team of volunteers from the East Side Institute and Social Therapy Group conducted a survey on diagnosis at Harlem Week, a...