by Lois Holzman
“In this work, Holzman reflects on her many endeavors over recent decades — her work in therapeutic settings, in schools, in after-school programs, in performance programs for adolescents, in organizations, and more. She locates the ways in which these endeavors build upon each other, the implicit and pervasive values they exhibit, and the growth in her own theoretical views over the years. In many respects her concern in this book is with human development, and in its exposition it brilliantly demonstrates just such development in action.”
— Kenneth Gergen, Swarthmore College
A Clinician’s Guide to Social Therapy
Edited by Lois Holzman and Rafael Mendez
“This collection is truly a gift… Newman performs what makes social therapy a distinct group therapy and what makes it radical. [He] provokes, stimulates, and compels us to rethink our theories and practices and keep them abreast of the global changes…” — Harlene Anderson, Houston Galveston Institute
The first comprehensive treatment of social therapeutic practice, Psychological Investigations moves social therapy to the foreground as a qualitative new way of doing therapy. Featuring over 70 dialogues between Fred Newman—the creator of social therapeutic group process—and therapists-in-training, this book explores the nature of the social therapeutic group process, the social therapeutic relationship, and applications to health care, alternative medicine, education and youth development. (Brunner-Routledge, 2003) $29.95 BUY NOW
A Practical-Philosophical Guide to the Joyous Life
by Fred Newman and Phyllis Goldberg
In the sequel to Let's Develop!, Newman shows the way to living joyously through philosophizing. He teaches non-philosophers how to engage in the activity of philosophizing — what he calls asking big questions about little things. Through practical example, Newman shares with his readers how appreciating the banal and the magic of everyday life can be a profoundly joyous experience. (Castillo International, 1996) $11.95 BUY NOW
A Guide to Continuous Personal Growth
by Fred Newman and Phyllis Goldberg
Fred Newman gives practical help for transforming our lives. Rather than insights, explanations or getting to the "bottom" of deep-rooted emotional problems, Newman urges his readers to seek their cure in development. Based on 25 years of clinical practice and his discovery that people can reinitiate development at any stage in life, Let's Develop! includes exercises to assist readers in creating their own lives. (Castillo International, 1994) $11.95 BUY NOW
offers a wide range of critical perspectives on cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), and substantial responses to them. It represents the first attempt to engage in print with the controversies and complexities that have exercised - sometimes painfully - the therapy and counselling world, since CBT has risen to cultural prominence. "Against and For CBT" will be essential reading for psychotherapists, psychoanalysts and counsellors of each and every approach who are concerned with understanding the phenomenon that is CBT and its discontents. See especially Fred Newman's contribution: Where is the Magic in Cognitive Therapy? A philo/psychological investigation.