When the International Dialogue Initiative first began its training program, we did so at the request of a mediator who felt that something “clinical” was missing from his training. That insight led us to think more deeply about the nature of a society’s trouble and the implications for intervention. To the degree that past trauma … Read More
The Erikson Institute at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge Massachusetts has been awarded the prestigious Sigourney Award – 2021 for advancing psychoanalytic thought. Under the leadership of IDI President Gerard Fromm, the Erikson Institute served as an incubator for IDI thinking and welcomed dozens of Erikson Scholars including IDI President Emeritus Vamik Volkan, upon … Read More
In January 2021, the IDI initiated its Eighteenth Meeting. Pandemic protocols dictated that this meeting be held over Zoom and split into multiple sessions. For interested readers, a report on the IDI’s initial session of the Eighteenth Meeting is available here: https://www.internationaldialogueinitiative.com/meetings/the-eighteenth-meeting/
On June 14, 2021, one day after Benjamin Netanyahu was replaced as Prime Minister, IDI Board member Ed Shapiro delivered a lecture in Israel on the psychology of citizenship. Click here to watch: OFEK
What Next for Trump’s 72 Million+ Voters? How could a president who behaves much of the time like an omnipotent two year old, who blatantly ignores the experts, disregards his advisors, and ridicules those who disagree with him have been so popular? How could anyone believe that Trump boasted that the deaths of more than … Read More