Call For Submissions: August 2004 Connections
		What does it mean to have EQ? What is a bully really hiding? What leads to an offense? What happens to a child who grows up in an alcoholic family? These are just a few of the questions Hermes’ Web helps to illustrate and answer. Using the Web helps clients and students see what has gone wrong, not just hear it, and visualize what therapy and education is asking of them. Once experiences and emotions become visual, spatial, and tactile, clients and students can begin to heal. Add stories, films, and cultural examples to this interaction, and Hermes’ Web becomes even more effective. Using metaphors and images along with Hermes’ Web increases understanding and helps to construct a bridge between the ego and the core, thereby breaking down the isolation of trauma, addictions, and abuse. By allowing clients and students to weave familiar elements and examples into their own understanding, you make use of the information and intelligence already there and increase their sense of personal power. For example, you can use the Web to illustrate Jack Nicholson’s struggle with his core in the film The Wolf. You can talk about what it means to develop and maintain EQ, using Hermes’ Web to illustrate Gollom’s character in Lord of the Rings or Captain Picard of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Or, you can use the Web to illustrate the lack of EQ in cultural examples, such as Janis Joplin, Robert Downey, Jr., or Courtney Love. The possibilities are endless. To contribute to the August issue of Connections, please email us your questions about using Hermes’ Web to illustrate stories, films, and cultural examples. Or, tell us about your experience using these elements and offer suggestions for other Community members to use in their work. We’ll use your suggestions on an upcoming page on our Web site! Please email your submissions to connections@hermesweb.com. Your Community members look forward to your input!
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