A Psychology of Becoming
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A Psychology of Becoming

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

01 May

Posted at 14:55h in Creativity, Culture, Education, Events, Language, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Speaking Engagements

I was one of four invited speakers at the Applied Linguistics Winter Conference last week, the theme of which was Culturally Relevant Pedagogy. Preparing my talk took me back to my academic roots as a researcher of early language development. It also took me back to my organizer-activist roots as...

19 Apr

Posted at 20:59h in Activity Theory, Community Organizing, Culture, Human Development, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Speaking Engagements

Being/Becoming an Activist Scholar: Lessons From Cultural-Historical Activity Research  This past week I participated in a symposium at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference held in NYC, along with two distinguished co-presenters, Kris Guitierrez and Anna Stetsenko. A diverse group of younger scholars served as interviewers, with many in the audience...

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,...