Victor Ronald MacGill
I have two self published books, When the Dragon Stirs, healing our wounded lives through fairy stories myths and legends and Gonna Lay Down My Sword and Shield, A complexity perspective on human evolution from a violent past to a compassionatre future. I co-edited two more books. I have a book to be published by Routledge on using Systems Theory in the helping professions to be released somewhere about the begining of 2025. My day job is working in the field of family violence.and I developed a programme for working with clients based particularly on Systems Theory.
Genre:
- Adult Non-Fiction
Skills:
- Academic Writing
Branch:
Top of the South
Location:
Nelson
Publications:
When the Dragon Stirs: Healing our woundedlives through fairy stories, myths and legends
Self published in 1995: This book looks behind myths and legends to see what they can teach us about healing emotional wounds. The characters of fairy stories are archetypes that we can come to know and work with to heal our wounded past.
Gonna Lay Down my Sword and SHield: A complexity perspective on human evolution from a violent past to a compassionate future
Self published in 2012.
The book looks at history through a complexity science lens exploring the nature of violence and how its use has changed through different social structure and what we need to do to create more loving and compassionate futures.
Reconnect: Finding Wholeness through the Science of Connecting
I have just been offered a contract with Routledge for my first book published by a publisher. It is called Reconnect: Finding Wholeness through the Science of Connecting. This joins two of my passions, Systems Theory and my work in reducing family violence. I have used Systems Theory in working with clients for nearly thirty years. Systems Theory tries to look for how parts interact anf fit into bogger pictures rather than pulling thiings apart. It looks at relationships andunder what conditions they throve and what conditions they do fail. Systems Theory can be applied to almost any topic especially in the human realm. the last ten years especially have seen me develop a programme that has made a difference in hundreds of people's lives. I hope this book will extend this much more.