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Social Therapeutics

28 Aug

Posted at 16:23h in Community Organizing, Culture, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy

  Just had to share this wonderful piece by social therapeutic practitioners Jennifer Bullock and Marian Rich. The World Needs Social Therapy!   Thank you David Brooks for your recent thoughtful commentary titled Hey America, Grow Up. We appreciate your invitation to build a new culture that supports maturity, community, empowerment and well-being....

27 Jan

Posted at 01:42h in Human Development, Interviews, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics

I was recently a guest on Sally Fox's podcast, Vital Presence. We had a delightful conversation that meandered through play, performance and development. Sally's website is Engaging Presence—an apt description of Sally herself! Please listen! Lois Holzman-the art of becoming through play and performance Alex Doman, Sound and brain health...

18 Jan

Posted at 19:30h in Culture, Human Development, Philosophy, Politics, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics

That's the title of an invited address I gave in 2011 at the Third International Academic Conference on Contemporary Capitalism Studies in Hangzhou China, just three months after Fred Newman passed away. Today, my colleagues and I are in the early stages of designing some kind of video documentary of...

02 Jul

Posted at 18:02h in Creativity, Human Development, Interviews, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics

Robyn Stratton-Berkessel is the host of Positivity Strategist, an interview series focusing on positive change methodologies, including social construction and appreciative inquiry. The current shows in this fabulous podcast, conceived in collaboration with the Taos Institute, feature a diverse group of scholars and practitioners responding to the invitation—"What are the...

29 Dec

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

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...

19 Jun

Posted at 03:01h in Applied Theatre, Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Events, Human Development, Language, Learning Environments, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics, Theatre, Training/Classes

Back: Mayari Perez Arroyo , Mike Pickering, Bashiru Lasisi, Guillermo Terisotto, Francisco Estefogo, Laura Sonnino, Martha McCoy, Eva Brenner. Front:  Andre Liberali, Mieke Lippstreu, Oscar Lozoya, Drazen Horvatic, Annie Rose Stathes.  This past Saturday (June 15, 2019) the happy group pictured above graduated as the 15th International Class of the East Side Institute (joining 130...

22 Mar

Posted at 01:45h in Creativity, Culture, Education, Human Development, Philosophy, Play, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Publications, Social Therapeutics

I spent last week with 16 Japanese professors and graduate students who traveled to NYC for an immersion in social therapeutics, the psychology of becoming, and a first-hand experience with how these "tools-and-results" help people grow by performing our sociality and building community. We had a wonderful time together. By...

15 May

Posted at 19:35h in Activity Theory, Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Human Development, Learning Environments, Performance Movement, Philosophy, Politics, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Training/Classes

With deepening social and political crises worldwide, many who want to make a difference find that they need more. They search for new tools, methods, conceptions and approaches to move forward. Since 2004, the Institute’s flagship program, The International Class, has attracted over 100 passionate and creative scholars, researchers, clinicians and...