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02 Jul Social Therapeutics and Social Construction

Posted at 18:02h in Creativity, Human Development, Interviews, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics 1 Comment

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...

20 Nov Giving Away Process

Posted at 02:34h in Community Organizing, Events, Human Development, Philosophy, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology of Becoming 0 Comments

This past Sunday, November 18, the East Side Institute held a Community Meeting and Fundraiser. We’ve been hosting these twice a year for the last ten years. We get to share developments, advances and challenges in the organizing work we do at the grassroots and in academia and invite people...

19 Feb Creating Conversation on Non-Knowing Growing

Posted at 14:37h in Events, Interviews, Look and Listen, Overweight Brain Mini Blog, Psychology of Becoming, Speaking Engagements, What's New 0 Comments

Thanks to the dozens of people who created conversation with me the week of Februry 8-12 on my book-in-progress, The Overweight Brain. You can view the online running conversation—so thoughtful and playful—and view or listen to the live chat. Video recording of the webinar with Lois Holzman on The Overweight Brain: Audio...

11 Jan Taos Institute Webinar on “The Overweight Brain”

Posted at 20:24h in Events, Look and Listen, Speaking Engagements, What's New 2 Comments

Thanks to the Taos Institute for hosting me for a "Conversation with the Author" webinar February 8-12. Anyone can register for free and join in. From February 8-11 people can post comments and questions and create written conversation with each other and me. Then on Friday February 12 10-11:30 EST...

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...

16 Feb Beyond the Therapeutic State

Posted at 03:07h in Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Events, I Like This, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, What's New 2 Comments

That’s the title of a conference taking place in Norway this coming June. I like the title for a few reasons. First, therapy has become “an arm” of the state. Second, I agree that we must believe in and work for something other than (“beyond”) the current therapy institution (what...