Talkin' Method 2022!  A Season For Development (FREE Registration!)

An international center for the study of social therapeutics and performance activism — bringing human and community development to the forefront of culture change and social transformation, and promoting alternative and radically humanizing approaches to psychology, education and community building.

East Side Institute

Come participate in conversations exploring the culture-bending provocations of social therapeutics! Join for 1, 2 or all 3 free sessions

The Institute staff invites you to join us for thought provoking and creative conversations based on some of the material from our archives. These rich and varied presentations touch on a range of topics that are particularly relevant to living in today’s world. The materials are open to everyone, and you can register to participate in a group conversation led by an Institute faculty member with people from all over the world. These conversations are completely free! ADVICE TO GROW WITH! "DEAR DEVELOPMENTALIST...", Led by Jan WoottenSaturday July 9 ,12:00-1:30pm Eastern US (UTC -4)Institute co-founder Lois Holzman recently launched a different kind of advice column — <a href="https://loisholzman.org/the-developmentalist/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Developmentalist</a> — to respond to folks who are confronting everyday dilemmas. They (like you?) are looking to grow their capacity to be and create with others, to expand their capacities as ensemble builders and leaders. In this free-wheeling conversation, we’ll reach into Lois's mailbag to read some of the letters she has received and examine her (sometimes provocative) responses. Join as we explore a non-knowing-growing approach to creating new possibilities in our lives."POWER, AUTHORITY AND POINTLESS ACTIVITY", Led by Carrie LobmanSaturday July 16th, 12:00-1:30pm Eastern US (UTC -4)In their 2004 article “Power, Authority and Pointless Activity” Institute co-founders Fred Newman and Lois Holzman say, “What is necessary for development is the activity of power, the exercise of power, the development of power by the many—collectively, democratically and creatively.” In the past two decades the need to create power from the ground up fueled by collective development has become even more urgent. Join Carrie Lobman, the Institute’s Leader of Education and Research, and explore how these conceptions can enrich, empower and sustain the many growing movements for social change around the world. "DIAGNOSIS: A THOUSAND ORDINARY PEOPLE SPEAK OUT", Led by Ann Green &amp; Steven LicardiSaturday July 30th, 12:00-1:30pm Eastern US (UTC -4)In 2018, the <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/home/jhp" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Journal of Humanistic Psychology</a> published a study (authored by Lois Holzman and Lisa Genn) of a pilot project that came out of East Side Institute activists going out on the streets interviewing ordinary people about their experience and thoughts about psychiatric diagnoses. Ann and Steven invite you to read <a href="https://eastsideinstitute.org/diagnosis-a-thousand-people-speak-out/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Diagnosis: A Thousand Ordinary People Speak Out</a> and join us in this open conversation on the impact diagnosis has on our lives and what it means to be “normal.”

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