Tag: identity

• Granite Dreaming

  It’s mid-August. Friday we returned from vacation. We spent ten days on retreat on the Maine coast, with very limited internet or television. Rather, we had osprey and seals, rocky coasts and wild weather. After a few days I found myself in a rhythm. I’d get up early and sit on the porch, drumming. As…

  Michael Watson PhD

  August 17, 2014

  Shamanism

  healing, identity, Shamanism

• Difficult Times

  Building community in challenging times.

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 6, 2013

  First Nations, Psychotherapy, Social issues

  ancestors, ceremony, conflict, identity, psychotherapy

• Ceremony and the Search for Identity

  Ceremony can be a rich source of healing for those seeking to mend tattered or conflicted identities.

  Michael Watson PhD

  August 11, 2013

  Healing, Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  ceremony, identity

• Deep Stories, Race, and Identity

  As psychotherapists, shamans, and traditional healers we are asked to aid patients to recall and recollect aspects of themselves, including connections to their ancestors, that have been lost to Trauma. To ignore the politics of Identity is to risk further injuring those who turn to us for aid.

  Michael Watson PhD

  May 27, 2012

  Healing, native american, Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Stories

  Elizabeth Warren, identity, Native American, Race, Shamanism