Category: Social issues

• Late Summer

  Summer is winding down. The first  fall color is beginning to show in the trees. Rain comes more frequently. Students who plan to work individually with me this Autumn have begun sending me e-mail, and folks who have taken the brief Vermont summer off from therapy are calling or e-mailing to ask for appointments. Jennie…

  Michael Watson PhD

  August 14, 2012

  Healing, native american, Social issues

  Autism, Native American, Summer, Tropical Storm Irene

• 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