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The Beneficial Effects of Combining Nature with Counselling

Article Category: Self Help

Author Name: Nigel Magowan

More recently researchers have started to understand what numerous people have actually known on an instinctive level for thousands of years: that the natural world can be a very effective healing tool. Healers have long used a restorative connection with nature in order to treat a large variety of physical and psychological conditions. These ancient practices are actually now being investigated and have been given the name 'Ecotherapy'.

Ecotherapy is a collective term for numerous nature-based therapies which make use of an experiential connection with nature. It's a fairly brand-new field, but one which has many old roots, drawing its concepts from both modern-day and ancient practices, including psychotherapy, counselling, nature-awareness, mindfulness, shamanism, meditation, and bushcraft to name a few.

Our ancestors would have seen little or no splitting up between themselves and the natural world; utilizing nature to sustain and heal, physically, psychologically and spiritually. The sad thing is, contemporary society has actually become more and more detached from nature.

For millennia we existed in an intimate relationship with the natural world, and were intrinsically connected to the rhythms of our natural surroundings, so much so that our demand for a relationship with nature have to live in our very genes. It would seem that, regardless of technological developments, we are still genetically hard-wired to need to be close to nature and living things.

A lot of people are currently aware of the valuable mental results of merely being on a beach, paddling in a stream, or walking in woodlands or mountains. When taking our holidays, this could be why we are often drawn to locations of natural appeal.

Mankind's use of nature to boost physical, psychological and spiritual health has been around most likely as long as humans have existed. Our in-built need for a relationship with nature has actually become interfered with, leaving us unbalanced and open to a variety of mental and emotional problems.

Research has shown that just being in green areas can have significant benefits on psychological well-being. This can be as simple as spending time gardening, sitting in a local park, or walking in the countryside. Ecotherapy takes the idea further by actively deepening and utilising this instinctive connection.

Compared to numerous standard chatting therapies, ecotherapy is often concentrated on experiential knowing. Individuals learn by means of engagement and immersing themselves in the environment and tasks, along with by talking about and sharing their understandings and experiences, therefore change can typically take place without the lengthy conversation commonly associated with many talking therapies.

Ecotherapy has actually been shown to have an useful impact on lots of conditions, such as, tension, depression, obsession, and anger. It can help construct self-confidence, inspiration, self-confidence, and communication and relationship building skills. It can help put your life into point of view, develop self-reliance and creativity, and discover that you can accomplish things you never thought feasible.

Nigel Magowan is a psychotherapist with over ten years' experience practicing in Manchester and Harley Street. He is one of the first individuals in the UK to provide ecotherapy, which is delivered either in short weekly sessions or weekend retreats. Nigel offers outdoor nature-based therapy and coaching for private people, companies and corporate groups, through one-to-one sessions, regular groups, workshops, retreats, and custom events.

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