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Bonne Olson, CPSP Diplomate, appeared in a New York Times article written by Samuel Freedman and published August 26, 2011. The article documents the work of chaplains at the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center located in Queens Village, NY.
Mr. Freedman writes:
Among the clergy, Ms. Olson, 57, is the newest addition, hired last year as a part-timer. A former teacher, called to ministry in midlife and ordained by the United Church of Christ, she brought experience with narrative medicine, a process of actively eliciting and listening to the stories of patients. Her two weekly writing groups, one apiece for inpatients and outpatients, use narrative medicine’s techniques to explore each participant’s faith life and ethical conscience.
“The thing that strikes me about psychiatric patients,” Ms. Olson said in an interview this month, “is that so many people tell their story for them. When do they get to tell it for themselves? The act of writing is that your story is not only worth being told, but being heard. And this is all based on their story being sacred. Their experience, heartbreaking as it is, is held by God.”
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Perry Miller, Editor
The Rev. Bonnie Olson can be contacted by clicking here.
Posted by Perry Miller, Editor at October 21, 2011 12:58 PM
