Category: Healing

• Seeking Healing at The River of Belonging

  “Every week on one of our reservations and in some Indian community, the media uncovers indirect and direct evidence of loss to families living without the ways of knowing afforded by the river. I believe the river provided the basis for healthy and whole families, and without it, all manner of assault has been made…

  Michael Watson PhD

  October 17, 2011

  First Nations, Healing, Psychotherapy

  CBT, Lannikio. l. Lee, Native American, psychotherapy

• 14 Peruvian Shamans Murdered in Amazonia

  This blog is dedicated to healers and the healing of individuals, families, communities, nations, and Mother Earth. More often than I like, I also report on harm done in the world. I do so because I believe naming injustice and brutality is part of bringing healing to the victims of such violence. Friday night marked…

  Michael Watson PhD

  October 9, 2011

  First Nations, Social issues

  healing, murder, Peru, shamans, Yom Kippur

• To Heal Is to Own One’s Own Identity

  Healing, at it’s best,contests the definitions and deletions of self imposed by others from without, and supports the development of a more home grown, autonomous sense of group and individual self.

  Michael Watson PhD

  October 2, 2011

  Healing, Psychotherapy

  colonialism, definitions of self, disability, healing, Native American

• Healers, Patients, and the Fate of the World

  As psychotherapists, shamans, and healers, how may we best serve those who come to us? Can we hold both hope and a commitment to change? How may we, in this new era, fulfill our role as intermediaries between Pachamama and the human community, human individuals and the spirits, and families and the larger matrix of…

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 27, 2011

  First Nations, Healing, Shamanism, Social issues

  blood quantum, healing, Shamanism, social issues