ECOTHERAPY
Conventional
psychotherapy and psychiatry teach that mental health care is largely a
human-to-human process that takes place in dyads and groups. More often
than not, this process takes place in urban environments such as offices,
clinics, and hospitals. In recent years however, there has been a growing
awareness of the absence and avoidance of the natural world in the methods
of psychiatry, psychology, and psychotherapy.
The developing field of ecopsychology and its related practice, ecotherapy,
take a more inclusive stance toward wellness, teaching that care for
the earth (ecology) and care for ourselves (psychology) are
an inseparable whole. Some have argued that we are evolutionarily “hard-wired”
for a relationship with nature such that our psychological and physical
well-being rests ultimately in the quality and health of our identity and
relationship with the natural world. At Commensa, we utilize ecotherapy
as a means to apply this reciprocal process of healing to earth, soul, and
the relationship between the two.
Our approach is described in a recently-published article on ecotherapy, written by Commensa's Jeff Borchers and Gay Bradshaw of The Kerulos Center.
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