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Psychology of Becoming

02 Nov The Community Therapist

Posted at 13:53h in Human Development, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics 0 Comments

November 2, 2010 Here's a blog I highly recommend—The Community Therapist. It's written by Christine LaCerva, director of the Social Therapy Group and of the Institute's Therapist Training. Her latest entry reports on a conversation she had recently with Anthony Rao, author of The Way of Boys: Raising Healthy Boys in...

31 Oct Psychologist or Artist?

Posted at 21:28h in Human Development, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy 2 Comments

October 31, 2010 "My parents had 3 children. My older brother became an artist. My younger brother became actor, director and theater producer. I became a psychologist. Maybe, that is why I am so invested in understanding psychology as an artistic creation. It is very important for me to build a...

30 Oct Activity and Performance (and their Discourses) in Social Therapeutic Method

Posted at 23:31h in Activity Theory, Human Development, Language, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Vygotsky 0 Comments

October 30, 2010 I recently finished a revision of a chapter on social therapy, by Fred Newman and me, for a book being put together by Tom Strong (University of Calgary) and Andy Lock (Massey University), two long-time postmodern colleagues of ours. The book, Discursvie Perspectives in Therapeutic Practice, is scheduled...

29 Oct Ken Robinson on Changing Education Paradigms: Worth Watching!

Posted at 18:44h in Culture, Education, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Psychology of Becoming 0 Comments

October 29, 2010 A friend sent me this link to a talk by Ken Robinson. What's great about it is that it's not a talking head, but an animated drawing that keeps time with (and brings to life) what he's saying. I recommend not only watching it, but showing it to...

26 Oct Can Performance Change the World?

Posted at 02:27h in Clowning, Community Organizing, Culture, Education, Health Care, Human Development, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Psychology of Becoming, Theatre, Uncategorized, Youth Development 0 Comments

October 25, 2010 That's the question that over 500 people from 38 countries played and performed with, and created conversations, dances, music and skits about—and simultaneously shared the inspiring and creative work they are doing in their communities, schools, hospitals, universities, NGOs and neighborhood streets. The event was Performing the World 2010,...

25 Sep Political Reform and Human Development

Posted at 14:33h in Human Development, Politics, Psychology of Becoming 0 Comments

September 25, 2010 One of the blogs I read regularly is The Hankster, which presents independent voices and news from across America. This week I was glad to see attorney Harry Kresky speak about human development. Here's part of what he says. Going into the Congressional midterm elections, the focus is on...

14 Sep Performing Shakespeare: “You Have to Get the Language in Your Mouth”

Posted at 02:10h in Culture, Language, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Popular Posts, Psychology of Becoming, Theatre, Vygotsky, Youth Development 0 Comments

September 14, 2010 One evening last month I had a terrific time creating conversation on language, speaking and thinking with five young performers—members of an all-youth cast that recently performed Macbeth on one of the stages at the All Stars Project in NYC. I was blown away by the show. It...

13 Sep UX/You Can’t Learn Without Development

Posted at 21:32h in Community Organizing, Culture, Education, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Psychology of Becoming, Youth Development 3 Comments

September 13, 2010 What would you call a center for development open to people of all ages? With an array of programs, workshops and classes spanning culture, performance, leadership, volunteerism? Offering sessions with development coaches as often as you wish? Having the opportunity to grow from all NYC has to offer?...

16 Aug Dan Friedman’s Theatre for Nothing

Posted at 19:37h in Applied Theatre, Community Organizing, Culture, Education, Learning Environments, Performance Movement, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Theatre 2 Comments

August 16, 2010 My good friend Dan Friedman has written a paper I highly recommend. Entitled “Theatre for Nothing,” the paper delineates how theatre is being instrumentalized, especially in relation to social change efforts. Dan urges that politically oriented theatre activists recognize the stifling effect this is having on the potential...

11 Aug The Blessing and the Wound

Posted at 01:19h in Community Organizing, Culture, Education, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy 0 Comments

August 10, 2010 I know hundreds of performers-social change workers (and know of hundreds more). But I'd not heard of Hector Aristizabal until Amazon sent me an email (just for me of course!) recommending his book written with Diane Lefer, entitled, The Blessing and the Wound: A Story of Art, Activism,...