Social Therapeutic Coaching: A Practical Guide to Group and Couples Work
Sackett, C. and M. Dabby (2024) Social Therapeutic Coaching: A Practical Guide to Group and Couples Work. Routledge.
Unscientific Psychology (Japanese Edition)
Newman, F. And Holzman, L. Unscientific Psychology: A Cultural-Performatory Approach to Understanding Human Life. Translated by Yuji Moro with Makiko Kishi, Ryōta Kitamoto, Shōko Shiroma, Takayuki Daimon, Shin Nakamine, Takumi Hirosé. Hitsuji Shobō, Tokyo, 2022 Lois Holzman's Introduction
Unscientific Psychology
Newman, F. And Holzman, L. Unscientific Psychology: A Cultural-Performatory Approach to Understanding Human Life. Translated by Yuji Moro with Makiko Kishi, Ryōta Kitamoto, Shōko Shiroma, Takayuki Daimon, Shin Nakamine, Takumi Hirosé. Hitsuji Shobō, Tokyo, 2022 Lois Holzman's Introduction
Psychological Investigations (Chinese Edition)
Holzman, L. and R. Mendez, eds. (2023) Psychological Investigations: A Clinician’s Guide to Social Therapy. Simplified Chinese Language, Beijing Normal University Publishing Group. Beijing, China. (Originally published 2003 by Brunner-Routledge, N.Y., N.Y.)
Overweight Brain (Japanese Edition)
Holzman, L. The Overweight Brain: How Our Obsession with Knowing Keeps Us from Getting Smart Enough to Make a Better World. Japanese edition. Tokyo. 2020. (Originally published by East Side Institute, 2018.)
Psychological Investigations, A Clinician’s Guide to Social Therapy
Holzman, L. and R. Mendez, eds. (2023) Psychological Investigations: A Clinician’s Guide to Social Therapy. Simplified Chinese Language, Beijing Normal University Publishing Group. Beijing, China. Translated by and Peiyu Kuo and Kung, Yu-chien (Originally published 2003 by Brunner-Routledge, N.Y., N.Y.) Lois Holzman's Introduction
A Violent Attack: Letting It Land
On May 19, one of us (Ann) was walking on a busy street corner in New York City, when she was randomly assaulted by someone who walked up behind her, punched her to the ground, and ran off. She became the latest random target of a phenomenon dubbed by NYC law enforcement as “the knock-out game.” Passersby pitched-in to help, called the ambulance and chased the assailant. Ann underwent surgery for a broken hip and hunkered down for a long-term recovery. We want to share conversations we had coming out of these events in the hopes it might help others
Something Other Than Psychology
Lois Holzman interviewed by Chris Hoff on the history and development of social therapy. The Radical Therapist. Episode 108.
Unscientific Psychology
Newman, F. And Holzman, L. Unscientific Psychology: A Cultural-Performatory Approach to Understanding Human Life. Translated by Yuji Moro with Makiko Kishi, Ryōta Kitamoto, Shōko Shiroma, Takayuki Daimon, Shin Nakamine, Takumi Hirosé. Hitsuji Shobō, Tokyo, 2022
The Joy of Dementia
Fridley, M. and S. Massad (2021) The Joy of Dementia. In Theresa Robbins Dudeck & Caitlin McClure (Eds.) The Applied Improvisation Mindset: Tools for Transforming Organizations and Communities. Metheun/Bloomsbury.
Transforming the Culture of Communications in Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School
Holmes, Raquell and M. Anderson (2021). Transforming the Culture of Communications in Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School. In Theresa Robbins Dudeck & Caitlin McClure (Eds.) The Applied Improvisation Mindset: Tools for Transforming Organizations and Communities. Metheun/Bloomsbury.
Performance Activism: A Reconstructive Approach to Social Activism and Generating Possibility
Friedman, Dan (2022) Performance Activism: A Reconstructive Approach to Social Activism and Generating Possibility, Annual Lloyd International Honors College Lecture, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (online)
Can Theatre Heal Trauma?
American Theatre (April 7, 2022), the national publication of non-profit theatre in the US, presents in its Book Reviews a chapter excerpt from Dan Friedman’s 2021 Performance Activism, Precursors and Contemporary Pioneers, titled: Can Theatre Heal Trauma? A Case Study from India.
Can Theatre Heal Trauma? A Case Study from India
Friedman, Dan. (2022) Can Theatre Heal Trauma? A Case Study from India. American Theatre Magazine.
Creating community and building connection through play
Lobman, C. & Rich, M. (2022). Creating community and building connection through play: An improvisational response to the coronavirus pandemic. The International Journal of play, 11 (1), 39-53.
Finding Connection During the Pandemic
Hugh: It’s a crisis moment for so many struggling with serious depression, anxiety and feelings of loneliness. Our mental health system—particularly community clinics and peer-support organizations—has been overwhelmed by calls for help.Ann: Yeah. The pandemic has only intensified feelings of loneliness, lack of community and need for social connection. Hugh: This new wave of emotional distress, seems to me, is a perfectly reasonable human response to living our lives in an increasingly isolated and uncertain world. Good grief, is it any wonder that in year three of this pandemic—the enforced isolation, political paralysis, climate disaster, increased violence, and on and on—that we see
The Hamburger Syndrome
LaCerva, C. (2010) The Hamburger Syndrome, Blog Post, The Community Therapist, NY, NY.
Performance Activism: Precursors and Contemporary Pioneers
Friedman, D. (2021) Performance Activism: Precursors and Contemporary Pioneers. Palgrave Studies In Play, Performance, Learning, and Development. L. Holzman, Ed.
Medicine Across Borders: The Subjectivity of Health and Healing
Massad, S. (2021) Medicine Across Borders: The Subjectivity of Health and Healing. New York.
It Takes a Team
Kaiser Health News (November 24, 2021) talks to Susan Massad, MD, and Mary Fridley about Susan’s health team.
The Revolution Must Be Performed
Holzman, Lois (2021) The Revolution Must Be Performed, Keynote presentation, 6th Congress of the Int’l Society for Cultural-Historic Activity Research (ISCAR), Natal Brazil
Shaking the Rope of History
Lois Holzman presentation at the retirement ceremonies for Lin-Ching Hsia; Taipei, Taiwan Sept 3, 2021
A Year of Creating Heart in a Havenless World
Rich, Marian (2021) A Year of Creating Heart in a Havenless World. Poiesis: A Journal of the Arts & Communication, Vol. 18; pp. 183-198.
Embracing Uncertainty: Co-creating classroom communities for meaning making and discovery.
Lowenheim, Gwen (2021) Embracing Uncertainty: Co-creating classroom communities for meaning making and discovery. Creative Academic Magazine: Creative Ed-Ventures in Online Teaching and Learning. Vol. 19, pp. 29-31
Beyond the Therapy Office: Creating Our Mental Health Everywhere
Jessie Fields, Rachel Mickenberg, Hugh Polk, Beyond the Therapy Office: Creating our Mental Health Everywhere, workshop presentation at the Mad in America Continuing Educations forum, June 20, 2021.
The Necessity of Play (or, Non-Knowing Growing)
Holzman, Lois. The Necessity of Play (or, Non-Knowing Growing). Keynote presentation, The Association for the Study of Play, March 2021.
Playing in Unusual Places
Carrie Lobman’s Play, Development & Social Justice Series Play in Unusual Places Sunday June 27, 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern Registration: $30; Lower Income: $15 Click here to learn more and register Is joy a social justice issue? Host Carrie Lobman welcomes performance activists Rivka Rocchio, Chris Gage, Maureen Kelly and Christian Felix to share their play and performance work in the arenas of criminal justice, dementia care and corporate America.
The Performance Movement: The Obvious and Outrageous Way Out of the Epistemological Fly Bottle
Holzman, Lois. The Performance Movement: The Obvious and Outrageous Way Out of the Epistemological Fly Bottle. Conference presentation, Alive in the Anthropocene, January 23, 2021.
Playing Around with Changing the World
Lobman, C. and Rich, M. (2021) Playing Around with Changing the World. In Theresa Robbins Dudeck & Caitlin McClure (Eds.) The Applied Improvisation Mindset: Tools for Transforming Organizations and Communities. Metheun/Bloomsbury. Chapter Description.
Separate and Unequal: A Time to Reimagine Dementia
Fridley, M., Massad, S., Kontos, P., Carson, J. et al. (2021) Separate and Unequal: A Time to Reimagine Dementia, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.