wilderness therapy – A New Vision for Mental Health

A walk on the wild side

Author: Editorial 16th June 2022 0 Comments

“A walk on the wild side” is an article by Nick Tarrant, in Therapy Today. It begins: “It’s a winter evening – cold, dark and raining – and we’re camped out on a piece of private land in rural Wiltshire. A…
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counselling, ecotherapy, Nick Tarrant, Talking Therapies, Therapy Today, wilderness therapy

Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild

Author: Editorial 23rd September 2020 0 Comments

This book has been written by Lucy Jones. The publishers say: “Today many of us live indoor lives, disconnected from the natural world as never before. And yet nature remains deeply ingrained in our language, culture and consciousness. For centuries, we…
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books, Lucy Jones, natural world, wellbeing, wilderness therapy, wilding

The Wild Remedy: How Nature Mends Us – A Diary

Author: Editorial 5th June 2020 0 Comments

The Goodreads website says: “Emma Mitchell has suffered with depression – or as she calls it, ‘the grey slug’ – for twenty-five years. In 2003, she moved from the city to the edge of the Cambridgeshire Fens and began to take…
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books, depression, Emma Mitchell, natural world, wilderness therapy

Eco-Informed Practice: Family Therapy in an Age of Ecological Peril

Author: Editorial 22nd July 2019 0 Comments

This book has been co-edited by Tracey Laszloffy and Markie Twist. The publishers say: “This innovative book examines how family health and well-being have been impacted by increased alienation from the natural world and calls for greater incorporation of ecological issues…
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adventure therapy, Animal assisted therapy, books, eco-therapy, family therapy, Markie Twist, Nature restoration interventions, outdoor therapy, Tracey Laszloffy, wilderness therapy

Nature and Therapy: Understanding counselling and psychotherapy in outdoor spaces

Author: Editorial 4th July 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Martin Jordan. The publishers say: “Recent decades have seen an increasing interest in the healing and therapeutic potential of nature and interest in the potential of greencare interventions for the benefit of mental health. The…
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counseling, counselling, ecotherapy, green care, Martin Jordan, psychotherapy, Talking Therapies, wilderness therapy

Wild Therapy: Undomesticating inner and outer worlds

Author: Editorial 31st January 2019 0 Comments

The publishers say : “Therapy is by nature wild; but a lot of it at the moment is rather tame. This book tries to shift the balance back towards wildness, by connecting therapy with ecological thinking, seeing each species, each being,…
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books, ecological paradigm, Nick Totton, PCCS Books, therapy, wellbeing, Wild Mind, wilderness therapy

The Development of Green Care in Western European Countries

Author: Editorial 20th September 2018 0 Comments

This review-article appeared in EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing. The publishers say that it: “… represents a review of green care across Western European countries. The following questions are addressed: What is green care, and what are its basic goals? What are the most commonly…
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animal-assisted interventions, care farming, Dorit Haubenhofer, green exercise, healing gardens, Jan Hassink, Marjolein Elings, New Approaches, Rachel Hine, social and therapeutic horticulture, wilderness therapy

The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs (2)

Author: Editorial 14th June 2018 0 Comments

The BBC says (May 30th, 2018): “Dr Chris van Tulleken is on a mission to understand why we’re giving over three times more medicine to our kids today than we did 40 years ago. He looks into one of the…
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BBC, children and adolescents, Chris van Tulleken, depression, New Approaches, pharmaceutical drugs, suicidal thoughts, wilderness therapy