Introduction to Nature Therapy: More than a Walk in the Park
Fri, Aug 16
|ONE Center (in-person)
This workshop allows participants to become familiar with nature-based therapy, specifically, what is involved in a “walk-and-talk” therapy session outdoors in a natural setting.
Time & Location
Aug 16, 2024, 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM PDT
ONE Center (in-person), 7400 Gallagher Cove Rd NW, Olympia, WA 98502, USA
About the event
Presented by: Becky Robbins, LMHC, MA, LMHC, CEAT, CYT, NBT
This Introduction to Nature Therapy: More than a Walk in the Park workshop allows participants to become familiar with nature-based therapy, specifically, what is involved in a “walk-and-talk” therapy session outdoors in a natural setting. Participants will become aware of the legal and ethical considerations necessary to provide this option for client sessions. Participants will learn the key concepts and significant benefits of providing therapy sessions outdoors, in a natural setting, complemented by using expressive arts modalities. The presenter will also teach how these approaches connect through a polyvagal lens.
Participants will learn what it takes to provide ethical, impactful, confident, and competent therapy for clients in an outdoor natural setting. The presenter will teach participants how to include expressive arts modalities and somatic awareness techniques into nature therapy, as these techniques will be interwoven throughout this daylong experience. Experientials…