Advancing social therapeutics and performance with colleagues worldwide since 1985.
The East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy is an international educational, training and research center for developing and promoting alternative and radically humanistic approaches in psychology, therapy, education and community building.
Chief among them is social therapeutics, an approach to human development and social change that relates to people of all ages and life circumstances as social performers and creators of their lives. It is practiced globally as both a group-oriented, development-focused psychotherapy and a methodology with broad application in educational, cultural, health and community settings. Read More
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Professional Development
Classes & Events
Social Therapy
Resources
Professional Development
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 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.
Classes & Events
The East Side Institute is a place for conversation. In our Revolutionary Conversation series, conversation is the main event! That’s because we recognize the unique kind of understanding that talking together can create. Classes, seminars and lectures are one way to learn, and conversational learning is another. Far from being incidental to learning, we see conversation as a method and orientation that maximizes the potential for discovery. Whatever the topic, our faculty brings their expertise twice over—as scholars or practitioners and as creators of conversation.
In addition to these multi-week conversations, we also offer one-time workshops, lectures, and
other special events throughout the year on a wide range of topics. For more information, or to register, click here.
The East Side Institute is a place for conversation. In our Revolutionary Conversation series, conversation is the main event! That’s because we recognize the unique kind of understanding that talking together can create. Classes, seminars and lectures are one way to learn, and conversational learning is another. Far from being incidental to learning, we see conversation as a method and orientation that maximizes the potential for discovery. Whatever the topic, our faculty brings their expertise twice over—as scholars or practitioners and as creators of conversation.
In addition to these multi-week conversations, we also offer one-time workshops, lectures, and
other special events throughout the year on a wide range of topics. For more information, or to register, click here.
Social Therapy
For those interested in training in our group oriented, development focused
psychotherapy, the Institute offers Weekend Social Therapy Trainings and a Therapist
Training Program. You can also check out one of the many books and articles written
on social therapy's history, theory and practice. If you're interested in social
therapy for yourself or your family, go to www.socialtherapygroup.com.
For those interested in training in our group oriented, development focused
psychotherapy, the Institute offers Weekend Social Therapy Trainings and a Therapist
Training Program. You can also check out one of the many books and articles written
on social therapy's history, theory and practice. If you're interested in social
therapy for yourself or your family, go to www.socialtherapygroup.com.
Resources
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. For full video, visit Vimeo.
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. For full video, visit Vimeo.
The Institute is a nonprofit 501©(3) organization staffed by dedicated volunteers and sustained financially by individuals who support its mission. East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy
Administrative Offices: 104-106 S. Oxford Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Tel: (212) 941-8906