Ecotherapy 

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If we surrendered
to earth’s intelligence
we could rise up rooted, like trees

(Rilke) 

 

When we think of psychotherapy or coaching, the traditional picture is often of two people in a room sitting in chairs. By choosing to step outdoors, a very different experience can unfold, where nature becomes an integral part of the therapeutic journey. 

 

A session could be as straightforward as having a walk and talk, or sitting in woodland to discuss and reflect on issues you bring to explore. Sometimes nature evokes a creative response – simple acts of ritual, art making, movement may arise, or an image, myth or poem can root the work in the world of the imagination.

 

This way of working is bigger than just us, deepening the therapeutic inquiry into the land, becoming present to what is around us, and opening up to receive a different kind of connection.  I will be alongside you to help you track your thoughts, feelings and somatic responses as we relate to the richness and wisdom of the 'more than human' natural world.  Building this relationship can deepen our insight into our own inner nature, and offers a possibility to mark transitions and transform old, stuck patterns.  If we can allow ourselves to experience a deeper kind of listening, our own stories may undergo a process of rewilding, so that just as in the old stories, we emerge from the Forest changed by the encounter.