Training in Nature Allied Psychotherapy will support you in working towards core competencies in establishing a frame, guiding process, holding boundaries and assesing risk within nature allied work.
Training aims to develop:
- Awareness of and development of own attachment with nature
- Understanding of how we as practitioners and our clients can benefit from using nature as a therapy room
- Experience of using nature in an applied way within client work
- An understanding of the therapeutic relationship in nature allied work
- Theoretical understanding of Nature Allied Psychotherapy
- Consideration and understanding of issues relating to frame, process, boundaries and risks in Nature Allied Psychotherapy
- Understanding and experience of using nature as and within interventions
- Understanding of issues relating to safety and ethics in Nature Allied practice
Competencies
- to develop or move towards positive attachment with nature
- be able to hold boundaries without the marker of a room
- competency in guiding the process of nature allied psychotherapy
- be able to listen to nature whilst listening to a client
- be able to listen to a client whilst listening to nature
- establish therapeutic relationship in allegiance with client and nature
- consider and assess risks in natural settings
- work within their competencies
- assess clients attachment style to nature
- understand level of challenge for client in being in nature
- understand how to integrate nature within current modalities practised
- be able to apply nature-based approaches and interventions
- have awareness of differing cultural perspectives about nature
- to apply ethnographic principles in their approach to exploration of clients experience