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Critical psychiatry

20 Feb Words to Ponder # 43

Posted at 15:33h in Critical psychiatry, Philosophy, Psychology of Becoming, Words to Ponder 0 Comments

The opening paragraph of "We’re Obsessed with Labelling Suffering, But Our Power to Think about it Matters More," a post on Mad in America by Charlotte Beale The philosopher Ian Hacking described a looping effect, whereby people adjust themselves to become more like the labels foisted upon them. “Sometimes, our sciences create...

20 Dec Something Other Than Psychology

Posted at 20:04h in Critical psychiatry, Culture, Human Development, Interviews, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy 1 Comment

I was interviewed last week by Chris Hoof for his The Radical Therapist podcast. Thanks, Chris, for being a great interviewer! Please have a listen! https://chrishoffmft.podbean.com/e/the-radical-therapist-108–-something-other-than-psychology-w-dr-lois-holzman/...

29 Dec The End of Knowing as Critical Praxis (Practical-Critical Activity)

Posted at 23:25h in Activity Theory, Critical psychiatry, Culture, Human Development, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics 0 Comments

When I have an academic presentation to make or an article to write on social therapeutic methodology, it's usually an opportunity to play around with conceptions I've spoken and written about many times before. I like the challenge of creating new frames ("What do I want to say to this...

04 Apr Critical Psychology at the Grassroots

Posted at 17:27h in Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Human Development, Philosophy, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapy 0 Comments

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 The Challenge for Psychiatry, Psychology and Therapy—Bringing Critique and Action Together

Posted at 19:05h in Critical psychiatry, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Training/Classes 0 Comments

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....

17 Jun Talking Madness with Robert Whitaker

Posted at 17:29h in Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Events, Human Development, Philosophy, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapy, Speaking Engagements 0 Comments

On Friday evening, June 9 I had the privilege and pleasure of creating conversation with prize-winning journalist and prominent psychiatry critic Robert Whitaker. Our topic was “Mad in America: Drugs, Diagnosis and Development” (an event sponsored by the East Side Institute). Aided by invitingly probing questions from moderator Janet Wootten...

01 May Talking Back to the Psychiatric Norm

Posted at 12:21h in Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Events, Human Development, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Speaking Engagements 0 Comments

Hats off to PJ Moynihan (writer and producer), Oryx Cohen (producer) and Gayle Berg (executive producer) of “Healing Voices” for their documentary film exploring the experience labeled, “psychosis.” And hats off to the hundreds of community organizations worldwide who have, since its release in April 2016, sponsored more than 500...

22 Apr In Conversation with Robert Whitaker: Diagnosis, Drugs and Development

Posted at 15:09h in Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Events, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Speaking Engagements, What's New 0 Comments

Mad in America: A Conversation on Diagnosis, Drugs and Development with Lois Holzman and Robert Whitaker Friday, June 9, 7:00-8:30 p.m. NYU School of Law, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan St., Rm 216 (betw. W 3 St. & Washington Sq South) Registration: $35; Student/Retired: $25 (At the door: $40; $30) So many things divide Americans today....

09 Feb An Exploration of Psychology’s Glorification of the Individual

Posted at 22:59h in Critical psychiatry, Human Development, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Training/Classes 0 Comments

Hello to my blog followers and fans of The Overweight Brain. If you live in the NYC metro area I’d love for you to join me IN PERSON for a Revolutionary Conversation on psychology’s glorification of the individual—taking place the evenings of Monday March 1 and 8 at the East Side...

27 Oct 1000 People Speak Out And Have To Wait A Year To Be Heard

Posted at 02:36h in Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy 2 Comments

This summer I drafted an article for a special issue on diagnostic alternatives of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology. Having learned that it will be at least a year before publication (which is ridiculous), I am making it available here. Feedback welcome! Diagnosis: A Thousand Ordinary People Speak Out Lois Holzman and Elisabeth...