01 Mar The Future of Mental Health—Social Therapy
Eric Maisel interviewed me on social therapy for his The Future of Mental Health Series at Psychology Today...
Eric Maisel interviewed me on social therapy for his The Future of Mental Health Series at Psychology Today...
My friend and colleague Cathy Salit, CEO of Performance of a Lifetime and an East Side Institute faculty member, has a new book coming out on April 12. For many years, Cathy and her team have brought the power of performance to the people who work in hundreds of global companies...
Eric Maisel is conducting 100+ interviews on the future of mental health and posting them on his Psychology Today blog. Each week, he's summarizing them at Mad in America. Here's week 1's summary of The Future of Mental Health Interview Series And here's links to each interview Day 1: Bonnie Burstow on feminist psychotherapy and...
It’s time to change how we think about and relate to people whose makeup is or appears to be different from the norm. We now think of what’s different—let’s say a biological or neurological difference—as the main source of disability and difficulty, and we focus help and treatment on this....
On January 25, 2016 I’ll be interviewing Ananta Kumar Giri, associate professor at the Madras Institute of Development Studies in Tamil Nadu, India, as part of the Side Institute’s “Making a Conceptual Revolution” series. Professor Giri is a fascinating person whose interests include social movements and cultural change, creativity and...
There's lots of activity around the 9th Performing the World conference/happening to be held in New York City Friday, September 23 through Sunday, September 25, 2016. Proposals are due February 21, so please help spread the word (and get your proposals in)! I've heard from PTW old timers who are designing sessions across...
Brian Sutton-Smith was a pioneer in researching the intellectual, social and cultural history of play. He passed away this past March at the age of 90. World renowned for the thoroughness of his scholarly writings, he is also very quotable. Here's one of his most famous: The opposite of play is not a present...
ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PROPOSALS September 23-25, 2016 Deadline for Proposals: February 21, 2016 The ninth Performing the World (PTW) conference will be held in New York City, Friday, September 23 through Sunday, September 25, 2016. As the practice, understanding and appreciation for performance and play continue to grow, the world context in which...
You might enjoy this conversation between Fred Newman and me from 18 years ago! We're looking at the various Vygotskian inspired projects we and our community created and if and how they're "Vygotskian." It was fascinating seeing them in their earlier years (once I got over the shock of seeing a much...
I’m spending December finishing writing some new chapters for my 2009 book Vygotsky at Work and Play, due to my editor at Routledge by year’s end. It’s been challenging to immerse myself in and again create with the voice of that book. It’s only one of my writing voices, and...