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Psychotherapy

11 Dec Performance and Power

Posted at 19:12h in Applied Theatre, Creativity, Culture, Education, Events, Human Development, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Philosophy, Play, Politics, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Theatre, What's New, Youth Development 0 Comments

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...

10 Oct What is the Practice of Method?

Posted at 16:11h in Activity Theory, Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Human Development, Learning Environments, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Training/Classes, Vygotsky, Wittgenstein, Youth Development 0 Comments

I'm looking for people interested in exploring the politics, ethics and activity of a relational psychology of becoming. Social Therapeutics and the Practice of Method: An Advanced Online Course with Lois Holzman and Faculty February — May 2016 Social therapeutics is a “practice of method” for human and community development. What Lois Holzman and Fred...

17 Sep Unscientific and Relational: Psychology’s Other Road

Posted at 17:10h in Events, Human Development, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Speaking Engagements, What's New 0 Comments

On Friday evening October 2, I’ll be creating conversation with two women I deeply admire—Sheila McNamee and Jacqueline Salit. [caption id="attachment_2787" align="alignleft" width="199"] Sheila McNamee[/caption] Sheila is a leading social constructionist scholar and educator. She’s Professor of Communication at the University of New Hampshire and a founder, board member and vice president...

11 Sep SOCIAL THERAPEUTICS & THE PRACTICE OF METHOD

Posted at 03:34h in Activity Theory, Human Development, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Therapy, Training/Classes, Vygotsky, What's New, Wittgenstein 0 Comments

We’ve revamped the popular in-depth online course in social therapeutics: SOCIAL THERAPEUTICS & THE PRACTICE OF METHOD January 2016 begins the 7th year I’ve been leading the East Side Institute’s online certificate program in social therapeutics. In recognition of the 20th anniversary of the publication of Unscientific Psychology: A Cultural-Performatory Approach to...

29 Aug Beyond the DSM

Posted at 14:48h in Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Speaking Engagements 2 Comments

“What we need is more facilities where people can walk in and say 'Hey, I'm feeling really down today. Can I just be here for a while and see what could be a contribution to me and make me feel better?' I think this is true for most people but...

18 May International Survey on Emotional Distress and Diagnosis Launched

Posted at 22:03h in Community Organizing, Look and Listen, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, What's New 0 Comments

If you're a reader of this blog you know I'm an advocate for diverse ways to support people who are experiencing emotional distress and for broadening the scope of treatment options. And that I work with many others not only to bring the voices of ordinary people into the dialogue...

11 May Critical Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis and Counselling: Implications for Practice

Posted at 19:18h in Critical psychiatry, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Publications, Social Therapy, What's New 0 Comments

This month Palgrave Macmillan is out with a new book, Critical Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis and Counselling: Implications for Practice. It's edited by Del Loewenthal, Professor of Counselling and Psychotherapy at the University of Roehampton in the UK. I've had the delight of meeting Del—on both sides of the pond. I have a chapter in...

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 Aug A Diagnostic Alternative You Might Not Have Thought Possible

Posted at 15:44h in Applied Theatre, Clowning, Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, DSM-5, Education, Events, Human Development, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Theatre, What's New 0 Comments

Three weeks ago I was in Washington, DC for the First Summit on Diagnostic Alternatives. It marked what I think is an important turning point for what has been a loud outcry against the DSM-5. The Summit was sponsored by the Society for Humanistic Psychology, which has been a...

13 Aug My first Japanese Book!

Posted at 01:33h in Activity Theory, Culture, Education, Human Development, I Like This, Outside of School, Philosophy, Play, Postmodern Marxism, Psychotherapy, Publications, Social Therapy, Vygotsky, What's New, Youth Development 4 Comments

Thanks to my dear friend and colleague Professor Yuji Moro of Tsukuba University , my 2009 book Vygotsky at Work and Play is being published in Japan. Today Professor Moro posted the following on Facebook: "This is a cover of Japanese version of Lois Holzman's Vygotsky at Work and Play. It will...