Category: Psychotherapy

• On Not Throwing Stones

  

  Thinking about Jesus’ dictum that we not throw stones.

  Michael Watson PhD

  May 16, 2025

  Healing, Landscape, Nature, Psychotherapy, self care, Shamanism, spirituality, spring, Stories, Teaching

  anger, healing, Jesus, judgement, nature, Shamanism, springtime, stories, throwing stones

• The Gift of Grief

  

  This morning brought bright sunshine, clear skies, and an abundance of birds and song. Yesterday’s rain awakened the world into vibrant colour. Now the breeze and some clouds have arrived and the day turned chill. As the trees around our house have come increasingly into leaf, we have more bird visits to the yard. There…

  Michael Watson PhD

  April 28, 2025

  Grief and Fear, Healing, Landscape, Nature, Psychotherapy, Sacred Lands, self care, Shamanism, spirituality, spring, Stories

  death, grief, healing, loss, mental-health, moutning, nature

• New York City Weekend

  

  On art, food, and “The Invaders’ Fear of Memory”.

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 23, 2025

  Arts, creativity, First Nations, Hungry Ghosts, performance, Psychotherapy, Social issues, spirituality, Stories, Travel

  Arts, Deportations, Drama Therapy, Palestine, psychotherapy

• Ambivalence

  

  We finally had a significant snow and the light this morning is that perfect February bright, long shadows offering contrast and blue being the predominant hue. Its cold by local standards which means it is more or less seasonable which is now several degrees warmer than the long term average. I’ve been thinking about ambivalence…

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 21, 2024

  Nature, Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Winter

  nature, psychotherapy, Shamanism, Winter