Tag: healing

• Healing Relationships: Rituals in Psychotherapy and Shamanic Healing

  Rituals can facilitate healing in both shamanic and psychotherapeutic work. They can be used to aid reconciliation in families, request support for individuals or families during difficult times, or acknowledge healing from illness or trauma. Rituals can mark life transitions, including the beginning or ending of significant relationships. They can celebrate life, and prepare us…

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 6, 2010

  Healing, Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  healing, ritual, Shamanism

• Notable Blogs: 8/31/10

  Although we are in something of a heatwave, the seasons are changing. There is color amongst the green leaves, there are asters in the fields, and nights are noticeably cooler. Indeed we have been needing blankets! Celtic Shaman noted her tipsy response to the immanent change: To stand on the brink of a new season,…

  Michael Watson PhD

  August 31, 2010

  First Nations, Healing, Notable Blogs, Shamanism

  autumn, healers, healing, Native American, seasons, Shamanism

• Shaman’s Paradox

  After writing the last post, I began to think about how difficult the English language can be to use when one wants to speak about paradox. English is a great technical language because it is very concrete: there is right and wrong, black and white. Ambiguity is present, but generally ignored. But English may not…

  Michael Watson PhD

  August 29, 2010

  First Nations, Healing, Shamanism

  balance, forgetting, healing, paradox, Shamanism, stories

• Notable Blogs

  This week’s Notable Blogs cover a wide range of shamanism and healing related topics. There are so many engaged, caring, thoughtful writers blogging now that I am often at a loss as to which blogs to note. I hope you enjoy this edition of Notable Blogs.

  Michael Watson PhD

  August 20, 2010

  Healing, Nature, Notable Blogs, Shamanism

  arcadia, healing, relapse, Shamanism