Category: Social issues

• Early Morning Thoughts On the Abuse of Power

  Early morning thoughts on institutions and the abuse of power.

  Michael Watson PhD

  August 10, 2012

  Healing, native american, Shamanism, Social issues

  colonialism, healing, institutions, power

• Peggy’s Cove

  Beach side thistles, the people of Peggy’s Cove, and Mi” Kmaq people may have more in common than one might think.

  Michael Watson PhD

  July 27, 2012

  First Nations, Healing, Psychotherapy, Social issues

  Arts, healing, Mi’ Kmaq, Peggy’s Cove, Thistle

• The Map Is Not the Territory

  We tend to confused maps and the territories they represent. Yet to do so threatens to undercut or erase lived experiences and personal, family, and cultural identity.

  Michael Watson PhD

  May 21, 2012

  native american, Shamanism, Social issues

  Cognitive Maps, Elizabeth Warren, identity, Narrative Therapy, Native American

• Reblog: The Presence of Absence

  I don’t usually reblog my own posts. That said, I am making an exception. The following post is  focused ondisability, yet the content touches many of the themes I write about in “Dreaming The World.” I hope you enjoy it! The Presence of Absence Sometimes a walk, or voice, or aroma reminds us of things…

  Michael Watson PhD

  April 17, 2012

  Psychotherapy, Social issues, Stories

  absence, Burlington, disability, Fresh Market, VT