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15 Aug Marxism, Psychology, Activism and Academia

Posted at 02:46h in Critical psychiatry, Human Development, Philosophy, Politics, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming 4 Comments

[caption id="attachment_1319" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Opening Plenary Ceremony[/caption] August 14, 2012 The Second International Conference on Marxism and Psychology last week in Morelia Mexico was packed—about 700 participants, a good half of them Mexican university students and activists. It was challenging and fascinating to be part of the gathering of academics and activists,...

01 Aug Mexico, Marxism and Psychology

Posted at 02:26h in Human Development, Politics, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy 0 Comments

July 31, 2012 I didn’t mean to take more than a month off from writing my blog! I’ve been working on several projects—preparing presentations, writing two book proposals, reading applications to the Institute’s 2012-2013 International Class, working on the many aspects of the upcoming Performing the World 2012 conference, teaching an online...

20 Jun Bratke, Diamond, Rojzman and Schechner at Performing the World 2012

Posted at 01:23h in Applied Theatre, Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Health Care, Human Development, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Youth Development 2 Comments

June 19, 2012 I’ve been immersed in PTW—that’s Performing the World, an international festival/conference/happening I launched eleven years ago. This October, we’re hosting the 7th PTW, “Can Performance Change Save the World?” (recasting the 2010 PTW theme, “Can Performance Change the World?” because of the increasing intensity of the challenges facing...

29 May The Sociology and Politics of Diagnosis

Posted at 17:48h in Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Human Development, Philosophy, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy 0 Comments

May 29, 2012 For much of this year, I’ve been writing about the need for more inclusive and public dialogue not only on the DSM-5 but the broader issue of the diagnostic way of life and alternatives to it. On Friday, June 8, I’ll be part of such a dialogue, as the...

10 May Webinar on Social Therapy—A Welcome Break from the DSM-5

Posted at 00:45h in Activity Theory, Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Human Development, Learning Environments, Philosophy, Play, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy 0 Comments

May 9, 2012 The Institute jumped into the free webinar field at the beginning of this year. It's much simpler than I would have thought! We give people access to an audio or video. After listening/viewing, they can join an hour-long live chat, email questions and comments, or do nothing. I’ve led the...

30 Apr Educational Researchers, AERA and Community Organizing

Posted at 19:24h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Education, Performance Movement, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Vygotsky, Youth Development 0 Comments

April 30, 2012 Right after being at TEDMED I flew to Vancouver, British Columbia for the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). There are 25,000 members! And about half that number actually come to the five-day meeting. These are the folks who teach education courses at colleges and...

17 Mar What if client and mental health provider co-created a diagnosis?

Posted at 17:38h in DSM-5, Philosophy, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapy 2 Comments

March 17, 2012 A big thank you to Dr. Eric Maisel for having me as a guest blogger at his Rethinking Psychology column at Psychology Today. Check out the 3/16/12 post, asking "What if client and mental health provider co-created a diagnosis?"And become a regular reader of Rethinking Psychology....

23 Feb Forget the DSM: Social Therapy as Clinical Practice

Posted at 18:14h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Critical psychiatry, Culture, DSM-5, Education, Health Care, Human Development, Philosophy, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy 0 Comments

February 23, 2012 I don't usually promote activities here but now is an exception. Recent posts on the DSM-5 and all that it reveals about the ways our culture relates to human emotionality have drawn new readers (much thanks to everyone who’s reposting!). I've been introduced to many others who are...

18 Jan Still More on DSM-5

Posted at 03:12h in Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Health Care, Human Development, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy 0 Comments

January 17, 2012 Here’s some other voices speaking about the DSM-5. First, Dr. Anthony Rao. Tony is a pediatric psychologist, founder of Behavioral Solutions in Lexington MA, and author of The Way of Boys: Promoting the Social and Emotional Development of Young Boys. I met Tony in 2010 when I interviewed him...

09 Jan More on The DSM-5 Controversy

Posted at 17:47h in DSM-5, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy, Wittgenstein 0 Comments

January 9, 2012 To go a bit deeper into the underlying problems with the theory and practice of psychology that the controversy over the DSM-5 exposes, I invite you to do some philosophizing. What assumptions must people be making— about persons; therapy, the therapeutic relationship and therapeutic discourse; illness, cure and treatment; emotions...