Marianela Medrano

Stamford, CT

United States

Profile Information:

About Me:
Dominican writer and psychotherapist, keeper of the Taino traditions.
Occupation:
Writer and psychotherapist
Education:
PhD in psychology
MS in counseling
BS in Human Services/Women's Studies
Contact Information:
Marianelamed@aol.com
Research Interests:
Taino spirituality
Goddess studies
Publications:
Poetry:
Oficio de Vivir (1986)
Los Alegres Ojos de la Tristeza (1987)
Regando Esencias/ The Scent of Waiting (1998)
Curada de Espantos (2002)

Articles:
Healing Balm for Invisible Bruises: Poetry Therapy with Marginalized Men and Women
East Coast Sandplay Journal, Nov. 2007
Affiliation:
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology

Comment Wall:

  • Marianela Medrano

    I am glad to enter this space where we can reclaim our roots and the essence of our spirituality.

    May 19, 2008

  • Marianela Medrano

    Thanks Max for creating the space and for opening up the dialogue.

    May 19, 2008

  • Maximilian Forte

    Big welcome Marianela! It's great to see you here. I doubt you need any help, but if you encounter any problems in using this sometimes confusing site, let me know. In the meantime though,

    a very warm welcome again and very best wishes.

    May 20, 2008

  • Jorge Baracutei Estevez

    Welcome aboard Marianela! Este guabancex se esta poniendo bueno!

    May 20, 2008

  • Maximilian Forte

    I noticed how handsome these Taino men are. Man, that really gripes my cookies!

    May 23, 2008

  • Leonard A. Lies aka Iguaca Guaribo

    Hola Marianela~
    I noticed in your profile that you are a psychotherapist. This is of interest to me because I have produced many educational films about people with mental illness. I recently produced to hispanic programs for National Nami in the United States. The foundation of the programs deal with helping people to recover using what is called, Peer to Peer recovery techniques. I was wondering what portion of people with mental health disorders do you work with?
    Thank you for your time,
    Leonard A. Lies IG

    Aug 6, 2008

  • Jaime Rosario

    Interesting cave drawings, de donde?

    Dec 5, 2008

  • Miguel Sague Jr

    Tau Sister
    Bo Matun (Thanks) for adding me as a friend. I see that you had a dialogue with m good friend Leaonard Lies concerning your work in mental health and his work in creating Spanish-language films that promote the mental health peer-to-peer organization NAMI. I want you to know that I have worked with Leonard on these projects on a professional level as his translator and I am truly impressed with the high quality of his work. I have often had fantasies of working with him on some project dealing with some aspect of the Taino resurgence.
    I also noticed that you have an interest in our ancestral spirituality.
    As a guide in an organization called Caney Indigenous Spiritual Circle I share your interest and i look foward to dialogue with you about our mutual interest.

    Dec 7, 2008

  • Theodore R. Morris

    I have never seen a birthing petroglyph before. Interesting how people try to preserve ther culture using symbolic art.

    Dec 8, 2008

  • Juan Almonte

    Hey, I am dominican too. I had seen your picture before on the right side of the home page. But I had assumed your were from boriken.

    On your Research Interests, your wrote. Taino spirituality, You know I am starting to become intersted in this topic. As I am not a fan of the cathlic relgion. The more I read how this religoin was pushed on our taino ancestors the more I get upset. With that said, I will not pray to a rock. But I am very intertsed in the relgions, god etc etc belive in.

    Anyways nice to see another taino (a) from kiskeya here.

    Dec 14, 2008

  • Frank Pascoe

    Hola Marianela,

    Que divertido verte aqui... por donde tomaste estes fotos?

    Feb 19, 2009

  • Frank Pascoe

    Hola Marianela,

    Just checking in to say Hi! and how are you doing?... My research is coming along, painfully slowly but coming along. I am collecting data points. Funny, they seem to come in clusters.

    Remembered any Dreams lately? I've been having some fun ones... in fact I saw you in a dream just a few days ago. We came across each other walking on a path in a forest, similar to that place we went for a walk when I visited you. Pero estabamos hablando en Espanol... me estabas contando de una lebelula bella en tu vida.

    Hope this day finds you well,
    Frank

    Apr 25, 2009