Tag: Narrative Therapy

• Summer

  This morning the sun came out, following another rainy spell. Now, fair weather clouds have blossomed in the cerulean sky. Vermont is green, those rich early summer hues that saturate the landscape. From here it is very difficult to imagine the cold to come; even so, last evening we gathered with others to acknowledge the…

  Michael Watson PhD

  June 22, 2015

  First Nations, Nature, Psychotherapy, Social issues

  First Nations, Narrative Therapy, Summer, trauma

• 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

  April 17, 2015

  native american, Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Stories

  Australia, colonialism, Indigenous, Narrative Therapy, psychotherapy, Shamanism

• When Problems Reach Across Generations

  This morning, after a night of light snow, the sun came out and the temperature warmed to above freezing for the first time in several weeks. In response, birds began to sing in large numbers, people took off their coats, and the ice on our parking lot’s asphalt melted. Now, late in the evening, the…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 4, 2015

  Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  Narrative Therapy, Problems, psychotherapy, Shamanism

• Questioning the Expressive Therapies

  This past weekend we were in Montreal for an Expressive Therapies training. Oddly, it quickly became evident the presentation would largely ignore the experiences of persons of color, First Nations people, and those with disabilities. At about the time Jennie and I were becoming concerned about the direction the training was taking, a woman further…

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 29, 2014

  First Nations, Psychotherapy, Social issues, Travel

  Expressive Therapies, First Nations, Indigenous, Narrative Therapy, psychotherapy