{"id":615,"date":"2012-09-13T16:50:29","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T23:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/?p=615"},"modified":"2012-09-13T16:54:08","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T23:54:08","slug":"introduction-to-ecotherapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/introduction-to-ecotherapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Ecotherapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>from Beth Lapin<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Because of its relative newness, many people are not aware of ecotherapy nor do they have an understanding of it. I have recently completed two outreach efforts to broaden the public&#8217;s understanding and appreciation of this emerging field. I&#8217;d welcome any feedback about either of them, available through the hotlinks below.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Labyrinth-Walk-Solstice-2012-0021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Labyrinth Walk Solstice 2012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Labyrinth-Walk-Solstice-2012-0021-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The first is an overview <a title=\"The Healing Power of Nature\" href=\"http:\/\/www.innertapestry.org\/articles\/vol-11-2\/984-the-healing-power-of-nature.html\" target=\"_blank\">lay article about ecotherapy<\/a> published in <em>Inner Tapestry<\/em>, a free holistic journal available in New England. <em>Article summary<\/em>: Some of us have intuitively known the healing power of nature\u2014and research is proving us right. A look at the emerging field of ecotherapy, which promotes mutually beneficial relationships between people and nature, helps us understand more about its benefits, possible reasons, and our role in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I was <a title=\"ecotherapy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gFiWfgpqn8g&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">interviewed about ecotherapy<\/a> on our local access channel 15 on Comcast. I covered much of the same material as in the article and provided an example of how we are all connected with each other and the rest of the planet.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Beth-full-body-reunion-head.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Beth Lapin\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Beth-full-body-reunion-head.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"186\" \/><\/a><\/em>Bio: <\/strong>EcoTherapist <a title=\"Healing Nature CT\" href=\"http:\/\/www.healingnaturect.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beth Lapin<\/a> brings 20 years experience as a field biologist and an equal amount as a social worker &#8212; and master\u2019s degrees in both \u2013 along with decades of experience leading outdoor excursions and therapeutic groups. She conducts ecotherapy workshops and sessions in southern New England. You can email Beth at <a href=\"mailto:Beth@HealingNatureCT.com\">Beth@HealingNatureCT.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Beth Lapin Because of its relative newness, many people are not aware of ecotherapy nor do they &#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/introduction-to-ecotherapy\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,248,56,111,121],"tags":[249,227],"class_list":["post-615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-ecotherapy-2","category-interviews","category-media","category-television","tag-beth-lapin","tag-ecotherapy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4azYr-9V","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":623,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615\/revisions\/623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}