What is Ecotherapy?
Ecotherapy is an umbrella term for the use of nature-based approaches to facilitate wellness, growth, and healing. With its roots in the field of ecopsychology, ecotherapists work from a belief that people are an interconnected, interdependent part of nature, and that disconnection from nature leads to a wide variety of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual difficulties.
Clinical ecotherapy allows clinicians a framework in which to offer nature-based therapies to clients. Decades of research clearly demonstrates the benefits of nature on mental health and well-being. Integrating nature as a co-therapist into the therapeutic process allows clinicians unique and holistic opportunities for exploring insight, contact, growth, and healing.
Clinical ecotherapy allows clinicians a framework in which to offer nature-based therapies to clients. Decades of research clearly demonstrates the benefits of nature on mental health and well-being. Integrating nature as a co-therapist into the therapeutic process allows clinicians unique and holistic opportunities for exploring insight, contact, growth, and healing.
Ecotherapy Services
Relational Rewilding offers the following Ecotherapy counseling services:
- Ecotherapy Counseling for individuals ages 7-97
- Ecotherapy In-person Training for therapists, counselors, coaches, graduate students, and others in helping/healing fields
- Ecotherapy On-line Training for individuals, groups, organizations
- Ecotherapy Consultations for practitioners seeking guidance for integrating ecotherapy into their practice - in-person, phone sessions or zoom meetings