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narrative applications
Storytelling and therapy are first cousins. People in many places of the world do not tell stories just for fun, but in order to heal. The storyteller will choose a story carefully, so that it speaks to the heart of other humans. In the context of narrative psychotherapy, a client may derive meaning from recounting/…
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trees and old women
Trees give us their shade. Some of them give us their fruit and leaves, their medicine, often their very own existence – when they keep us warm or offer us the raw materials for furniture and construction. Just this? Trees transport water from here to there with their roots, invite the rain itself to come…
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between humans and bees
What is the relationship between bees and humans? For producers, bees are directly related to their survival. Some respect them, others treat them like racing horses. For honey lovers, bees are important but remain mostly invisible. They emphasize the product, but not the species’ well-being. For those who practice herbalism, bees may be considered central…
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thinking of white chestnut
One of the most common symptoms experienced by persons dealing with survival on a systematic basis – as are people incarcerated in the so called asylum seeker reception centres or people who (often from one generation to another) live their lives in conditions of extended poverty and marginalisation – are sleep disturbances. “I can’t sleep”,…
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other languages
We are sitting opposite to each other, speaking different languages – certainly not each other’s tongue. The flower remedies session is taking place with the support of our bodies, gestures and google translate. Never the less; we communicate. Firstly through our eyes: they well up at exactly the same moment. A little later her son…
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“Swaraj” in ideas
Some years back, one of us had been invited by a women’s centre run by a municipality in mainland Greece in order to explore experientially what is it that hinders Roma women from turning to the centre for support or help. There were other speakers present as well, each one contributing from her own point…