Tag: trauma

• Shamanism In Psychotherapy: First Session

  He speaks about the changes in his life. I listen. Having been asked to provide counseling, I’m attentive as a mental health clinician. I’m also listening to, and sensing, the activity of the spirits. From one point of view, the life challenges he brings to therapy are very much in the realm of personal psychology.…

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 7, 2011

  Healing, Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  attachments, soul loss, spirits, trauma

• Shamans, Genocide, and Hope

  We’re home. The trip back from Chennai was demanding, taking about 29 hours. Today is a wet, chilly, day. I’m feeling jet lagged. I’m also thoughtful, having had so many conversations with individuals and groups. The conversations continued on the flights home, including with a woman (a dancer, theater artist, and choreographer) from East Timor…

  Michael Watson PhD

  October 24, 2010

  Healing, India, Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  genocide, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, Tamils, trauma

• Notable Blogs: 10/4/2010

  This week’s Notable Blogs focuses on Indigenous people in the arts.We begin with a contest that requested songs to and about the salmon. Salmon, that delicious trickster  who travels the world, always to come home again to mate, spawn, and die, and be reborn: After over 4 days of listening to the 38 entries, scrutinizing…

  Michael Watson PhD

  October 4, 2010

  Arts, Notable Blogs

  genocide, identity, Indigenous, survival, trauma

• Trauma Into Theater

  Last night’s magnificent performance of dance and live music referred to the Cambodian experience, yet, as Ms Shapiro noted, it’s themes were universal. We humans find ourselves repeatedly engaged in cycles of revenge and violence. Again to quote Ms. Shapiro, ” ….The Lives of Giants conjures this mysterious and magical world as a reflection of…

  Michael Watson PhD

  October 2, 2010

  Arts, Healing

  bullying, Cambodia, dance theater, Khmer Arts Ensemble, The lives of Giants, trauma