Ecotherapy, green therapy or nature-based therapy, all branches of ecopsychology, is helping to connect people with nature as a means of healing physical and mental health.
A NUMBER of ‘ecotherapy’ groups are being set up across Bournemouth to improve people’s mental health and well-being.
In the 14 years since Sierra Club Books published Theodore Roszak, Mary E. Gomes, and Allen D. Kanner's groundbreaking anthology, Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind, the editors of this...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – The #DoYourShare Campaign, which promotes the expansion of safe spaces to support mental health, was officially unveiled on Monday, October, 10. The unveiling of the campaign, which coincides with the observation of World Mental Health Day 2022 on Monday, October 10, was held at the Convent of Mercy Academy, South Camp Road in Kingston. This campaign is aimed at providing the platforms for people to share their stories and experiences of mental health disorders as well as access resources while reducing stigma. A wellness bench was also unveiled at the institution. Addressing the launch, Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, urged students and Jamaicans to find their safe space, noting that the promotion of mental wellness is critical and will enable them to be the best version of themselves. “Your safe space has to be defined by you… . It is where you can go and find a sense of comfort, where you can go and manage your issues, where you can go and think through how you’re going to deal with problems bothering your brain,” he said. Dr Tufton explained that the unveiling of the bench aims to designate a safe space within the...
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Ecotherapists see many mental health issues not as individual problems but as natural reactions to unnatural conditions. Is connection part of the answer?
Did you know there are health benefits of nature? Clean air to natural exercise, Vitamin D and grounding, ecotherapy is healing in many ways.
Have you heard of ecotherapy yet? Check out all of the amazing things nature can do for us and how ecotherapy can help you today!
In our modern world, many people feel isolated and disconnected from nature and their true selves. Ecotherapists help people feel less alone and more supported by linking their personal pain and healing with the larger healing of the earth. They weave people’s hearts, bodies and spirits back into the interconnected web of life with the leaves and the trees.
TAKING a break in the great outdoors has been proven to improve mental health.
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Highlights In the 14 years since Sierra Club Books published Theodore Roszak, Mary E. Gomes, and Allen D. Kanner's groundbreaking anthology, Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind, the editors of this new volume have often been asked: Where can I find out more about the psyche-world connection? About the Author: Linda Buzzell is a psychotherapist and career counselor in private practice in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. 312 Pages Psychology, Applied Psychology Description About the Book In the 14 years since Sierra Club Books published Theodore Roszak, Mary E. Gomes, and Allen D. Kanner's groundbreaking anthology, "Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind," the editors of this new volume have often been asked: Where can I find out more about the psyche-world connection? How can I do hands-on work in this area? Ecotherapy was compiled to answer these and other urgent questions. Ecotherapy, or applied ecopsychology, encompasses a broad range of nature-based methods of psychological healing, grounded in the crucial fact that people are inseparable from the rest of nature and nurtured by healthy interaction with the Earth. Leaders in the field, including Robert Greenway, and Mary Watkins, contribute essays that take into account the latest scientific understandings and the deepest indigenous wisdom. Other key thinkers, from Bill McKibben to Richard Louv to Joanna Macy, explore the links among ecotherapy, spiritual development, and restoring community. As mental-health professionals find themselves challenged to provide hard evidence that their practices actually work, and as costs for traditional modes of psychotherapy rise rapidly out of sight, this book offers practitioners and interested lay readers alike a spectrum of safe, effective alternative approaches backed by a growing body of research. Book Synopsis In the 14 years since Sierra Club Books published Theodore Roszak, Mary E. Gomes, and Allen D. Kanner's groundbreaking anthology, Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind, the editors of this new volume have often been asked: Where can I find out more about the psyche-world connection? How can I do hands-on work in this area? Ecotherapy was compiled to answer these and other urgent questions. Ecotherapy, or applied ecopsychology, encompasses a broad range of nature-based methods of psychological healing, grounded in the crucial fact that people are inseparable from the rest of nature and nurtured by healthy interaction with the Earth. Leaders in the field, including Robert Greenway, and Mary Watkins, contribute essays that take into account the latest scientific understandings and the deepest indigenous wisdom. Other key thinkers, from Bill McKibben to Richard Louv to Joanna Macy, explore the links among ecotherapy, spiritual development, and restoring community. As mental-health professionals find themselves challenged to provide hard evidence that their practices actually work, and as costs for traditional modes of psychotherapy rise rapidly out of sight, this book offers practitioners and interested lay readers alike a spectrum of safe, effective alternative approaches backed by a growing body of research. About the Author Linda Buzzell is a psychotherapist and career counselor in private practice in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. She founded the International Association for Ecotherapy and is the editor of Ecotherapy News, its quarterly publication. Craig Chalquist teaches psychology, ecopsychology, psychotherapy, and thesis research at John F. Kennedy University and at various San Francisco Bay Area campuses. He is the author of two books and numerous journal articles.
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New research published in JAMA Network Open suggests that engaging in as little as 100 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity weekly, such as brisk walking, can significantly reduce the risk of depressive symptoms and the likelihood of major depression in older adults. Using data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, researchers found that even activity levels below WHO recommendations significantly lowered depression risks, with increased benefits observed for higher activity doses.
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Ecotherapy, green therapy or nature-based therapy, all branches of ecopsychology, is helping to connect people with nature as a means of healing physical and mental health.
