Nature-Assisted Healing: Foundations Retreat

The Nature-Assisted Therapy Intensive is a three-day experiential learning experience designed to immerse clinicians in the therapeutic potential of the natural world. This intensive introduces an emerging framework that recognizes nature as more than a setting for therapy—it is an active therapeutic partner and Co-Therapist in the healing process.

Drawing from principles of trauma-informed care, attachment theory, interpersonal neurobiology, experiential psychotherapy, ecopsychology, play therapy, and EMDR, participants will explore how intentional engagement with nature can support regulation, connection, processing, resilience, creativity, and transformation across the lifespan.

For most of human history, people lived in close relationship with the natural world. It is only within the relatively recent context of industrialization and modern indoor lifestyles that many have experienced increasing disconnection from nature. Nature-Assisted Therapy invites clinicians and clients to reconnect with these foundational human experiences, recognizing the restorative wisdom that emerges through intentional interaction with the living environment.

This intensive is…