Welcome to the East Side Institute!
The East Side Institute is an international nonprofit which for nearly three decades has functioned as an independent research, training and organizing center at the forefront of new approaches to human development, learning, therapeutics and community building.
Since the mid-1980s, the Institute has evolved a social-cultural approach to human development that relates to people of all ages as performers and creators of their lives. Our approach – social therapy – is at once a group-oriented, development-focused psychotherapy and a methodology with broad application in educational, cultural, health and community settings. Social therapy is practiced at seven social therapy centers in the US.
Over the last three decades, the Institute has introduced cutting-edge approaches to human development and learning to tens of thousands of people in the U.S. and throughout the world.
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Professional Development
Classes & Events
Resources
The institute's professional education programs serve educators, mental health and health professionals, youth development specialists and community organizers.
The Institute’s International Class and Social Therapeutics Online train grassroots community builders and scholars from the U.S. and around the world. Our international conference Performing the World (co-sponsored with the All Stars Project, Inc.) brings together a multi-disciplinary blend of scholars, practitioners and activists to share their work linking performance-based activities and social change. Clinical training in Social Therapy is available through the Therapist Training Program and other offerings.
The Institute’s International Class and Social Therapeutics Online train grassroots community builders and scholars from the U.S. and around the world. Our international conference Performing the World (co-sponsored with the All Stars Project, Inc.) brings together a multi-disciplinary blend of scholars, practitioners and activists to share their work linking performance-based activities and social change. Clinical training in Social Therapy is available through the Therapist Training Program and other offerings.
The Institute offers Revolutionary Conversations -- a series of classes, events and workshops on a wide range of topics. These unique experiences are for everyone interested in playful-philosophical-therapeutic conversation.
If you would like to read more about social therapeutic methodology please visit our library for books, articles and newsletters. For video clips from Institute activities, visit our YouTube Channel.
The Institute is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization staffed by dedicated volunteers and sustained financially by individuals who support its mission.
East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy
920 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10010
Tel: (212) 941-8906 Fax: (212) 941-051