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Holding Place Dear
A lovely, chilly, raining day. It is good to have rain, as the Earth here has been quite dry, and the fire danger high. Saturday Jennie and I hosted a workshop focused on using personal stories to nurture and protect beloved spaces. Those gathered shared stories of the places they hold dear, and the fates…
Michael Watson PhD
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Richly Storied Places
Indigenous people give value and preference to story. Stories arise from place; it is often said they come from the land, but it is more accurate to say they arise from places, which might include the water. Seafaring peoples depend on water for food and commerce, and many speak about the ocean as a First…
Michael Watson PhD
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Making Space for Difference
This is the second of a series of posts about this year’s ASGPP conference. One of the things that has drawn me to Psychodrama over the years is that it is rooted in the desire for social equality, freedom, and community, and deeply embedded in hope. Indeed, most of the people engaged in the discipline…
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Whose Stories ?
This is the first of a series of posts about my experiences at, and thoughts about, the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama annual conference this past weekend. After a day in airport purgatory we made it home from the ASGPP conference shortly after midnight this morning. The conference was exceptional. It was also…
Michael Watson PhD
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