Tag: trauma

• The Meeting Place

  

  Today dawned cool and hazy. The squirrels have deciphered the “squirrel proof” bird feeder and are stealing seed. Later , we are told, the day will turn hot. We live in a house in which the front faces an active residential area and in which the back faces some three hundred acres of woodland. Most…

  Michael Watson PhD

  May 17, 2017

  Ecopsychology, Psychotherapy

  Ecopsychology, psychotherapy, Shamanism, trauma

• Words for a Wordless Time

  

  I’ve been left wordless. In spite of that, I’ll try to write something in response to recent events; these events demand words and actions. The weather has turned, and remains, warm and dry. Most of the trees, save the oaks, have lost their leaves. Like last year, here in November there are few signs of…

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 14, 2016

  Disability, native american, Psychotherapy

  disability, hatred, Native American, psychotherapy, trauma

• After the Conversation

  While revisiting my last post, I became aware of what is a common conundrum for people of color, Jews, Natives, those with disabilities, and other marginalized groups.  How are we to tell what is a microaggression, and what is simply an eddy in the swirl of social interaction? My brief conversation with Dr. Spitz took…

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 10, 2016

  Arts, native american, Psychotherapy

  Arts, microaggression, Native American, psychotherapy, trauma

• 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