Category: Healing

• Thoughts on the 4th of July

  The July 4th holiday has past, last night’s fireworks following a torrent of rain from an impressive thunderstorm. For a few days I have been thinking about the strange, or perhaps, not so strange, tension July 4th holds for me. My parents, as far as I know, did not face the holiday with the same…

  Michael Watson PhD

  July 5, 2015

  First Nations, Social issues

  July 4th, Native American, U.S. History

• From Lived Experience Springs Hope

  

  After another wet day, the sun is again shining, the sky clear and blue. Over the past few days I’ve found myself in several conversations about the interweaving of the experience of being other, creativity, and social issues. These discussions have proven inspiring and hopeful. This morning I was going through the blogs I follow,…

  Michael Watson PhD

  June 24, 2015

  Arts, First Nations, Social issues, Stories

  Arts, healing, Indigenous, stories

• Summer

  This morning the sun came out, following another rainy spell. Now, fair weather clouds have blossomed in the cerulean sky. Vermont is green, those rich early summer hues that saturate the landscape. From here it is very difficult to imagine the cold to come; even so, last evening we gathered with others to acknowledge the…

  Michael Watson PhD

  June 22, 2015

  First Nations, Nature, Psychotherapy, Social issues

  First Nations, Narrative Therapy, Summer, trauma

• Lara/Trace Writes About the Residential Schools

  Today I am sharing a blog post from Lara Trace. Growing up, I was taught that healers must be engaged in the lives of the people. I often think of my beloved teacher, Ipu, who repeatedly risked his life to aid his people in the Amazon. He was a gentle, loving man, with a fierce…

  Michael Watson PhD

  June 9, 2015

  First Nations, Healing, Social issues, Stories

  First Nations, healing, residential schools, stories, trauma