Healing Together — Writing

Essays, Articles & Musings

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These writings have been caught in the ladder of my throat for years. They have stumbled in obscurity, tumbled with insecurity, illuminated the path of curiosity for many creatives and now they are making light into this world as a way for me to define presence, criticality and engagement more holistically. Sharing is a lesson in generosity and truth-telling.

This is an assemblage of current and past work from the last fifteen years and is a glimpse into the microcosms of informal art spaces and institutional bodies across the Caribbean and further afield. The words, reflections, exposés and travelogues are portals to other ways of being, understanding and coming to terms with our post-colonial contexts, inherent messiness and transformation.

Healing Together: Community-Rooted Psychosocial Care, Climate Trauma, and the Re-Imagining of Caribbean Mental Health Practice in the Grenadines

Healing Together is a collaborative psychosocial initiative between The Hub Collective Inc. and MindTHRIVE Co., developed in response to Hurricane Beryl's devastation across SVG in 2024. Delivered by local practitioners across Mayreau, Union Island, and Bequia, it integrates Psychological First Aid, counselling, peer support, and nature-based practices within a trauma-informed, culturally grounded framework. The project argues for a shift from clinic-bound mental health models toward collective, place-based care systems suited to Caribbean SIDS facing recurrent climate shocks.

Academic PaperHolly BynoeApril 14, 2026Healing Together, Psychosocial Programs, SIDSComment

Essays, Articles & Musings

Holly Bynoe is a curator, writer, researcher spiritualist and medicine woman from Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. She is currently living between SVG and Scotland and is a PhD Candidate in Shared Island Stories at the University of St. Andrews.

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Essays, Articles & Musings

Holly Bynoe is a curator, writer, researcher spiritualist and medicine woman from Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. She is currently living between SVG and Scotland and is a PhD Candidate in Shared Island Stories at the University of St. Andrews.

For general inquiries, please email pattreeproductions [at] gmail.com. To subscribe to my newsletter, sign up below.

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— Helen Klonaris, writer and healer

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