Category: Psychotherapy

• Shamanism In Psychotherapy: First Session

  He speaks about the changes in his life. I listen. Having been asked to provide counseling, I’m attentive as a mental health clinician. I’m also listening to, and sensing, the activity of the spirits. From one point of view, the life challenges he brings to therapy are very much in the realm of personal psychology.…

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 7, 2011

  Healing, Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  attachments, soul loss, spirits, trauma

• Shamans, Genocide, and Hope

  We’re home. The trip back from Chennai was demanding, taking about 29 hours. Today is a wet, chilly, day. I’m feeling jet lagged. I’m also thoughtful, having had so many conversations with individuals and groups. The conversations continued on the flights home, including with a woman (a dancer, theater artist, and choreographer) from East Timor…

  Michael Watson PhD

  October 24, 2010

  Healing, India, Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  genocide, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, Tamils, trauma

• Preparing for India, Two

  It’s a lovely, cool day. I’m eating porridge, with raspberries just picked from the dewy garden. Rain later, to lessen the drought. As some of you know, my wife, Jennie has been working for the past eight years in Asia. This trip she is teaching in Java and India. Her work is to teach the…

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 27, 2010

  Healing, Psychotherapy

  healing, trauma

• Preparing for India

  Jennie leaves for Indonesia on Sunday. We are in focused mode as she makes last-minute preparations. She’s excited to be going to a new country, as well as setting out  on her longest teaching trip thus far. I am packing as well. We’re trying to decide what Jennie will take, and what I will bring…

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 9, 2010

  Healing, Psychotherapy

  Burning, Expressive Therapies, Indonesia, Koran, travel