Category: Psychotherapy

• Cindy Jacobs, Ethnic Hatred, and the Journey towards Healing, Part One

  The journey towards healing is demanding. Denial and hatred are easier pathways to follow. They also bring ever more suffering to the world.

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 16, 2011

  First Nations, Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  Cindy jacobs, genocide, healing, Native American

• Cindy Jacobs, Ethnic Hatred, and the Journey towards Healing, Part Two

  This is the second part of a longer post. The use of scapegoating, abuse, and the erasure of Self  is a familiar story in psychotherapy, where clients speak of parents who made little room for the growth and needs of their children, instead insisting the children meet the needs of the parent. The abuse and…

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 16, 2011

  First Nations, Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  Cindy jacobs, healing, Native American, Shamanism, trauma

• Attachments, Symbiosis and Healing

  It is crucial that any symbiosis involving entities alien’s Self to the client be ended when the client wishes for this to be so. The question is how best to achieve that end. Given that each person, place, and attachment is unique, there is much to be said for taking the time to understand the…

  Michael Watson PhD

  June 12, 2011

  Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  attachments, Family Therapy, healing, Shamanism

• Shamanism, Psychology, and the Vastness of Human Experience

  In the end, memories and experiences of trauma and vision, pain and joy must enter the everyday if there is to be deep healing. We must recognize and accept that the very experiences that set us apart, that others cannot fully know or understand, are experiences that reaffirm our humanity. Wrestling with that paradox is…

  Michael Watson PhD

  May 27, 2011

  Healing, Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  healing, psychotherapy, Shamanism