I think it can, but the problem, as I'll discuss in a later post, is that the healee has to want to be healed and has to be willing to do the work. Others can support them, but we can't make them do it. And, in additional to historical trauma, there's a host of other co-occurring issues--psychological, social, and political--intersecting here which also have to be addressed.
Emotional healing is a radical act. I wonder if it can heal colonialism and those who feel the need to impose it. Thanks for posting, Val.
Thanks for your kind words, Diana.
I think it can, but the problem, as I'll discuss in a later post, is that the healee has to want to be healed and has to be willing to do the work. Others can support them, but we can't make them do it. And, in additional to historical trauma, there's a host of other co-occurring issues--psychological, social, and political--intersecting here which also have to be addressed.