Brazilian military police share a traditional folk dance at

Performing the World 2007.

The East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy is an international training and research center for new approaches to human development and community building. Since the mid-1970s, we have worked to change psychology from a diagnostic, evaluative (and often stigmatizing) social science into a positive and creative force for the emotional, social and cultural development of all people and their communities.

Our particular approach, social therapy, is practiced at ten social therapy centers in the US (click here: www.socialtherapygroup.com).

Hundreds of counselors, community developers, therapists, psychologists, social workers, teachers and physicians have revitalized their practices through training in the Institute’s social therapy approach. Thousands more have benefited from our international conferences, collaborative projects, educational programs, seminars, and publications.

Headquartered in New York City – at the heart of a fast-growing development community – the Institute also has an affiliate training center for social therapy in San Francisco.

As a privately funded nonprofit organization, the Institute relies on contributions from our friends and supporters to sponsor social therapy programs and to train professionals around the world.  For more information on giving opportunities, click here.

East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy
920 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10010
Telephone: (212) 941-8906 Fax: (212) 941-0511
Contact: mmeyer@eastsideinstitute.org