A Veteran’s Memory, a Civilian’s Forgetfulness
In the American dynamic of ongoing war-making and periods of temporary peace, we are encouraged to forget the trauma, savagery and price of war. In this special Memorial Day weekend service, Vietnam veteran and psychologist Patrick Dougherty will reflect on his experience of remembering and forgetting his own war experience, while leading us in an embodied, community-based response of hope and connection.
Order of Service: May 29 Order of Service
Offering Recipient: Center for Fathering at Urban Ventures (give here)
Guest speaker: First Universalist member Patrick Dougherty, M.A., L.P., is a licensed psychologist, teacher, writer, and a Vietnam veteran. He has had a clinical practice for more than 30 years and has been on the forefront of contemporary issues in psychotherapy for the past 25 years.
In 1997 he became a qigong teacher and has been integrating this meditative and energetic practice into his clinical work since then. He has been pioneering a holistic approach to mind/body healing with a heart-centered approach to psychotherapy. For the last decade, he has been working with the new emerging approach to working with trauma and human spirit.
Patrick is the author of Qigong in Psychotherapy: You can do so much by doing so little, and a memoir, A Whole-Hearted Embrace: Finding love at the center of it all.
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