Tag: healing

• Healers, Patients, and the Fate of the World

  As psychotherapists, shamans, and healers, how may we best serve those who come to us? Can we hold both hope and a commitment to change? How may we, in this new era, fulfill our role as intermediaries between Pachamama and the human community, human individuals and the spirits, and families and the larger matrix of…

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 27, 2011

  First Nations, Healing, Shamanism, Social issues

  blood quantum, healing, Shamanism, social issues

• 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

• Gardens, Harvests, and Healers

  We were only to do our best. Acceptance can be very difficult in a bad year, or when we find ourselves surrounded by the suffering, and self-harming of others. At such times, we may benefit from taking the long view. So much comes together to create this moment. Sometimes we have leverage, other times we…

  Michael Watson PhD

  August 22, 2011

  Healing, Shamanism

  battered women, gardening, healing, seasons, Shamanism