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Ecotherapy in Practice reflects the growing interest and research in this field. Drawing on a diversity of experience from the counselling and psychotherapy professions, but also from practitioners in community work, mental health and education, this book explores the exciting and innovative possibilities involved in practising outdoors.
Caroline Brazier brings to bear her experience and knowledge as a psychotherapist, group worker and trainer over several decades to think about therapeutic work outdoors in all its forms. The book presents a model of ecotherapy based on principles drawn from Buddhist psychology and Western psychotherapy which focuses particularly on the relationship between person and environment at three levels, moving from the personal level of individual history to cultural influences, then finally to global circumstances, all of which condition mind-states and psychological wellbeing.
Ecotherapy in Practice will provide refreshing and valuable reading for psychotherapists and counsellors in the field, those interested in Buddhism, and other mental health and health professionals working outdoors
Show moreEcotherapy in Practice reflects the growing interest and research in this field. Drawing on a diversity of experience from the counselling and psychotherapy professions, but also from practitioners in community work, mental health and education, this book explores the exciting and innovative possibilities involved in practising outdoors.
Caroline Brazier brings to bear her experience and knowledge as a psychotherapist, group worker and trainer over several decades to think about therapeutic work outdoors in all its forms. The book presents a model of ecotherapy based on principles drawn from Buddhist psychology and Western psychotherapy which focuses particularly on the relationship between person and environment at three levels, moving from the personal level of individual history to cultural influences, then finally to global circumstances, all of which condition mind-states and psychological wellbeing.
Ecotherapy in Practice will provide refreshing and valuable reading for psychotherapists and counsellors in the field, those interested in Buddhism, and other mental health and health professionals working outdoors
Show moreSection One: The Therapeutic Container
Chapter One: Conditions for Change
Chapter Two: Embodied Presence
Chapter Three: Sacred Space
Section Two: The Theoretical Base
Chapter Four: Concepts, Models and Practicalities
Chapter Five: Object-Related Identity
Chapter Six: Triangular Relationship
Section Three: Personal Process
Chapter Seven: The Personal Frame
Chapter Eight: Conditioned View
Chapter Nine: Encounter
Section Four: Collective and Cultural Frames
Chapter Ten: Collective Process, Myth and Ritual
Chapter Eleven: Working with Myth and Story
Chapter Twelve: Creativity
Section Five: Global Context and Wider Horizons
Chapter Thirteen: Environmentally-based Therapy in Context
Chapter Fourteen: Vibrancy
Chapter Fifteen: Embedded Living
Caroline Brazier is a psychotherapist in independent practice and course leader of the Tariki training programmes in psychotherapy and ecotherapy. A practising Buddhist, she is author of six previous books on Buddhism and psychotherapy. Having loved the outdoors since childhood, she has worked with groups and individuals in many different therapeutic, educational and community settings over the years.
"The Ten Directions approach, as described in Caroline Brazier’s
very helpful book Ecotherapy in Practice: A Buddhist Model,
provides a useful framework for working in many different styles of
outdoor healing, social or educational endeavors. This guide is a
marvelous contribution to our field."Linda Buzzell, Co-editor,
"Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind" (Sierra Club Books)"In
her book, Ecotherapy in Practice: A Buddhist Model, Brazier offers
a new conceptual model for ecotherapy practice. This is
intelligently woven together using ideas from Buddhism and the
field of psychotherapy. Interspersed throughout the book is clear
guidance for anyone wishing to work therapeutically outdoors.
Brazier shows how Buddhism offers a natural home for ecotherapy
with its teachings on mindfulness, presence, interconnectedness,
reciprocity and the nature of change. This is a much needed
practice as we head into climate change and global social
unrest."Mary-Jayne Rust, Ecopsychologist, Jungian Analyst, Art
Therapist
"The Ten Directions approach, as described in Caroline Brazier’s
very helpful book Ecotherapy in Practice: A Buddhist Model,
provides a useful framework for working in many different styles of
outdoor healing, social or educational endeavors. This guide is a
marvelous contribution to our field."Linda Buzzell, Co-editor,
"Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind" (Sierra Club Books)"In
her book, Ecotherapy in Practice: A Buddhist Model, Brazier offers
a new conceptual model for ecotherapy practice. This is
intelligently woven together using ideas from Buddhism and the
field of psychotherapy. Interspersed throughout the book is clear
guidance for anyone wishing to work therapeutically outdoors.
Brazier shows how Buddhism offers a natural home for ecotherapy
with its teachings on mindfulness, presence, interconnectedness,
reciprocity and the nature of change. This is a much needed
practice as we head into climate change and global social
unrest."Mary-Jayne Rust, Ecopsychologist, Jungian Analyst, Art
Therapist"Caroline Brazier proves to be a wise and accomplished
guide for practitioners wishing to navigate the vibrant territory
of nature-based therapy. Written in an engaging readable style, the
book traverses a wide range of current ecotherapeutic thinking, the
way illuminated by her extensive clinical experience. This is all
woven seamlessly into a coherent theoretical framework alongside
extensive practical guidance. With this rich landscape, she
provides practitioners of all modalities with much needed support
for an ethical mindful approach to outdoor therapy in its many
different guises. "Hayley Marshall, UKCP Reg Psychotherapist;
Clinical Director, The Centre for Natural Reflection, UK"Ecotherapy
in Practice is a fabulous wide-ranging tool-box for those who are
both new to ecotherapy, as well as more seasoned practitioners, and
I know I shall be dipping into it again in the months and years to
come. It is an invaluable contribution to the body of ecotherapy
and ecopsychology books already available."Transformations, The
Journal for Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social
Responsibility (Autumn 2018)
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