Living, Loving and Leading. Do We Need a “Big Picture?”
What if we live in a time when a “big picture” understanding is neither helpful nor possible, asks independent activist Jacqueline Salit. Hear more, Dec. 7.
Creating an Ensemble for Performing Health
Susan Massad and Barbara Silverman share the developmental potential of a new performance ensemble: the health team.
Building the Dementia Ensemble
Lori La Bey, host of Alzheimer’s Speaks, talks to Susan Massad, MD, and Mary Fridley about their playful/performatory take on building the dementia ensemble...
Diagnosis: 1000 People Speak Out
Holzman & Genn report on activist research as to how ordinary people regard psychiatric diagnosis.
Let’s Perform a New Campus Life
Holzman, L. (2018). Let's Perform a New Campus Life. Presentation made at Georgia State University September 4, 2018.
Play: Luxury or Necessity?
If play is essential to development, then the loss of play is a social justice issue. Join Carrie Lobman & Guests, Nov. 11.
Diagnosis: A Thousand People Speak Out
Holzman, L. and Genn, E. (2018) Diagnosis: A Thousand People Speak Out. Journal of Humanistic Psychology.
Getting Close to Psychosis
Hugh: A few weeks ago you told me that working with clients who’ve been diagnosed as psychotic is changing how you practice. What does that look like? Ann: I’m kind of amazed about it myself, really. I’ve been seeing one client – I’ll call him Richard – for about four years. He was hospitalized during a “psychotic” episode – having severe panic attacks that included terrifying hallucinations that made it impossible for him to function at home or at work. After getting discharged from the hospital, he returned to therapy. At first he was suspicious and very guarded, and I
Social Therapeutics
Join for a 12-week, deep dive into social therapeutics with Lois Holzman and faculty. Starts Feb. 21.
Dementia: Creating Conversation
The ESI & Inspired Memory Care team up for a workshop to support all impacted by a diagnosis of dementia. Sat. Nov. 3.
ZPDs: Mundane and Magical
Check out Lois Holzman’s latest article offering a new take on the Vygotskian concept of ZPDs.
Zones of Proximal Development: Mundane and Magical
Holzman, L. (2018) Zones of Proximal Development: Mundane and Magical. In J. P. Lantolf, M. E. Poehner & M. Swain (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Development (Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics),
Labels Work on Packages, Not on People!
Ann: Some of my friends are into special diets to eliminate artificial ingredients, or preservatives, or whatever. They’re trying to cut down on all the crap, and that means reading the labels. Hugh: I got caught up in a traffic jam at the supermarket, because people were standing in the aisles studying the contents on every box. And I get it -- it’s good for us to know what’s in the food that’s sold to us. Ann: Labels work when they’re on packages. But when they’re on people…not so much. By the way, I liked the workshop that you and
Improvising New Realities: Movement, Sound and Social Therapeutics
López Ramírez, S.P. and Reyman, C. (2018) Improvising New Realities: Movement, Sound and Social Therapeutics. Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critiques en improvisation, Vol. 12, No. 1.
The Art of Being Uncomfortable
Join Performance of a Lifetime’s Cathy Salit, Sun., Aug. 5, to explore the paradox of growth & development.
Hope When Things Are Falling Apart
Where are possibilities for growth? How do we see them? A 4-week online conversation with Dan Friedman. July 6.
Improvising New Realities
ESI Associates Sandra Paola López & Chris Reyman have a new article in Critical Studies in Improvisation.
Research-Activism as Tool-and-Result
Holzman, L. (2018) Being/Becoming an Activist Scholar. Symposium Presentation. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. New York NY.
What Does It Take To Be Culturally Relevant?
Holzman, L. (2018). What Does It Take To Be Culturally Relevant? Plenary Address. Applied Linguistic Winter Conference (NYSTESOL): Culturally Relevant Pedagogy. Teachers College Columbia University, April 21, 2018.
Something New Under the Sun
Friedman, D. (2018). Something New Under the Sun. Plenary Talk, Play, Perform, Learn, Grow. Anatolia College, Thessalonika, Greece. April 13, 2018
Remix: Playing with Words & Sounds
Head into the recording studio with David Belmont & Gwen Lowenheim to play and perform as an improvised musical ensemble. Sat., June 16.
In My Not-so-Humble Opinion
Hugh: Let’s talk about something everyone does – including people who love each other – but that lots of people think they shouldn’t be doing at all (which is one of the things that makes it hard to do well): arguing about their differences. I recently read a thought-provoking piece in The New York Times by Daphne de Marneffe, a couples therapist, who teaches newlyweds how to get closer when they disagree or see things very differently (The Secret to Happy Marriage Is Knowing How to Fight). Ann: I read it too, and I liked it a lot! She questioned
Improvisational Theater Games:Performatory Team-building Activities
Ingalls, J.S. (2018) Improvisational Theater Games: Performatory Team-building Activities. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 89:1, 40-45
Welcome Our New Blog!
Welcome to the newest blog in the East Side Institute family, "Talkin' Therapy with Hugh Polk and Ann Green". New articles will be posted shortly and we hope you will return to read and comment!
Countdown to Performing the World!
Join hundreds of performance activists from across the globe at PTW 2018. Our theme: Let's Develop! Early Bird Discount ends June 1st.
The Revolution Must Be Performed
Holzman, L. (2018). The Revolution Must Be Performed. Presentation made at the Fifth International Congress: Consciencia: Ciencia y Espiritualidad Puebla Mexico March 3, 2018.
What Is Social Therapeutics?
Join Carrie Lobman & Melissa Meyer for an intro to community stages evolving a performatory approach to human development. Starts April 23.
Art Ed Radio interviews Lois Holzman
Art of Education's Tim Bolgatz interviews Lois Holzman on using improvisation and performativity as teaching tools...
Creative Collaborations Through Inclusive Theatre and Community Based Learning
Lisa Kramer & Judy Freedman Fask share stories from their theater classrooms in this, the latest addition to the Palgrave series on Play, Performance, Learning & Development edited by Lois Holzman.
Mad in America: Where Can We Go From Here?
Lois Holzman & Robert Whitaker explore the role that psychology and psychiatry play in our madness and alternatives to the medical model. Starts Mar. 9.