A respected therapist, Watson has taught and
facilitated healing workshops and retreats throughout the United States
and Canada.
Her poignant and inspiring memoir begins in a
recovery center, where she has gone to understand a childhood fraught with
abuse, guilt and uncertainty. Her powerful story is a testament that it’s
never too late to change your life, never too late to heal.
Watson was born into a tight
Ukrainian-speaking community and a family struggling with guilt, shame and
grief over the death of a first born child—a son. The old world immigrant
culture placed much of the blame for Irene's brother’s death on her
mother, causing her to hold her next child close to home, segregated from
the new culture, victim to the blunt aggression of male cousins and
scornful townspeople.
The book visits pivotal moments of the past and
then recounts the process of recovery that takes place years later.
The Sitting Swing is a healing story about the strength and
courage of the human spirit.
Watson produces workshops, seminars, and retreats
for Nekoda Development Institute from her office in Austin, Texas. She is
a member of the American Society of Training and Development -- Austin
Chapter, a member of the International Women's Writing Guild; and listed
in Who's Who of American Women. A published poet, Watson received her
Bachelor of Liberal Studies, Summa Cum Laude, in Psychology from Saint
Edward's University in Austin, Texas and her Master of Arts, with honors,
in Liberal Studies: Psychology, from Regis University in Denver, Colorado.
For More Information Contact:
Jill Mayfield (512) 585-0474
jillmm@austin.rr.com
