In an attempt to design safer and more resilient structures, architects and engineers are starting to think like a tree.[1]
When hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, only 4 out of 700 trees died from the disaster. Why is that?
Beyond the sturdy spiraled trunk and branches, coupled with leaves apparently folding into a Fibonacci sequence, the main reason these trees survived the hurricane—and not the buildings—is hidden from plain sight.
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Our work is a lonely endeavor. Even though psychotherapy is an ongoing ebb and flow of emotionally charged interaction between therapist and client[2], most practitioners—especially private practitioners—feel the absence of real connection with others who are doing the deep work.
What if we learn to entwine our roots with the roots of others? What if the practice of psychotherapy becomes less of an individual sport and more of a team sport?
How would our enterprise look like if we learn to think an oak tree?
Notes:
[1] Janine Benynus’s (1997) book, Biomimicry.
[2] Jerome & Julia Frank’s (1993) book, Persuasion and Healing
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