Tag: decolonizing
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Decolonizing Self and Nature: Part One
We live in a time when we are offered endless opportunities to abandon Self, and to feel diminished in doing so. Yet, Nature is always close by, inviting us to turn to her, to find renewal and healing in her presence. We are after all Nature, unimaginably wild, and profoundly complex.
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Decolonizing Self and Nature: Part Two
I think Michael White understood Narrative Therapy to be essentially a decolonizing process. (He often seemed to suggest we consider Depression, Abuse, and Anorexia as colonizing processes.) As such, it acknowledges the values, concerns, and Self of those who seek the therapist’s aid. Narrative Therapy, at its best, also acknowledges the bonds between persons and…
