Tag: Shamanism

• Conversations With The Ancestors

  Conversations with the Ancestors can change the way we understand the world.

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 8, 2015

  First Nations, Healing, Shamanism

  ancestors, healing, Shamanism

• Spirits and Trauma

  My teachers insisted that each person carries a unique vision and way of understanding the world that must be honored. Of course, this uniqueness is expressed in shamans as well. Get a group of shamans in a room, ask them to check out some problem, and each will report a different take on it. Most…

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 3, 2015

  Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  developmental trauma, orphanage, psychotherapy, Shamanism, trauma

• Gatekeeping

  I’ve had several conversations about gatekeeping as of late. I like that the term has so many connotations and applications. It is a metaphor worth lingering with. We are complex, self organizing, evolving systems. We need permeable boundaries to let in information and nutrients, and to release toxins and waste. If our boundaries are too…

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 28, 2015

  Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  boundaries, gatekeeping, psychotherapy, Shamanism

• A Thorny Problem

  A while back I received the Spring edition of Contemporary Shamanism. The first article was a piece by Hank Wesselman, Ph.D., entitled Australian Aboriginal Wisdom. I read the piece, or most of it, put the journal down, and forgot about it. Last night Jennie was rummaging through our magazines and brought it out. In his…

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 25, 2015

  First Nations, Shamanism, Social issues

  Australian Aboriginal, Shamanism