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world. I carry these lessons with me to the young people I continue to meet, who
benefit again and again from his expertise. In sharing this story, I can only hope
that his influence will spread even further. I share these experiences, these first
attempts, with the hope that other therapists, especially those at the beginning of
their journey as I was, may be inspired to take up the practices that speak to them
- that they may also be moved by what Shadow has to show us about what is
possible.
Acknowledgements
Thank you to Tom for guidance before, during, and after this work, as well as
continued guidance to this day. I would not have thought this paper possible
without your confidence in me.
Thank you to David for all of your feedback and your close attention to every
word - I have learned greatly from this attentiveness and from your mentorship.
And of course, thank you to Shadow and his family for all that they have taught
me and to Shadow alone for sparking the possibility of this paper with the
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