Uncaged

by Mary Watkins

In Uncaged, Mary takes readers on an evocative journey from the depths of despair to the heights of hope. Through raw poetry and heartfelt reflections, she chronicles her battles with trauma, rejection, and spiritual challenges, offering a powerful expression of the transformative power of faith. This collection celebrates healing, self-discovery, and the courage to rise anew, brick by brick, as walls of pain crumble into pathways of victory. For anyone seeking light in their darkest hour, Uncaged serves as a beacon of God's unyielding love and the resilience found in His grace. Experience freedom. Experience hope. Experience Uncaged.

57 pages, Paperback

Published December 11, 2024

About the author

Mary Watkins, Ph.D., is a core faculty member, Co-Chair of the Community Psychology, Liberation Psychology, and Ecopsychology specialization of the M.A./Ph.D. Depth Psychology Program, and founding Coordinator of Community and Ecological Fieldwork and Research at Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is the author of Waking Dreams, Invisible Guests: The Development of Imaginal Dialogues, the co-author of Toward Psychologies of Liberation, Talking With Young Children About Adoption, a co-editor of Psychology and the Promotion of Peace, and essays on the confluence of liberation psychology and depth psychology. She works at the interfaces between Euro-American depth psychologies and psychologies of liberation from Latin America, Africa and Asia. She has worked as a clinical psychologist with adults, children, and families, and with small and large groups around issues of peace, envisioning the future, diversity, vocation, immigration and social justice. She is a Peacebuilding Associate of the Karuna Center for Peacebuilding and is a member of the national Steering Committee for Psychologists for Social Responsibility (PsySR).

Reviews

[Melody Hohensee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the positive light that Mary brought to her poems. It is so important to take our pasts and traumas....to turn them into our strengths. Not to be forgotten, but to be a solid foundation of hope.