NATURE THERAPY :
FOREST THERAPY : ECO THERAPY
AQUA THERAPY
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In Nature’s Classroom – Taking Place Outside – Learning to Walk and Talk with Clients.
For Therapists and Coaches
This is a 4 hour workshop running from 10.00 – 2.30.
Satisfying CPD requirements, it is a course for qualified therapists in any field, who wish to incorporate Nature Therapy (also called Eco/Green or Outside Therapy) into their practice. A perfect introduction to combatting screen overload and understanding digital health.
Price £97 on booking or £115 on the day.
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Taking your therapy Outside
You will be learning to add an extra income stream to your business by expanding your learnings to incorporate our most innate healing. Nature. The need for this is even greater with the changing times we’re in. This is the benchmark for healthy distancing as it’s a therapy that respects your space and how to heal gently and naturally within it.
DATES
2023
Saturday 4th May 2024
Saturday 18th May 2024
Now booking
ATTENDEES
Max 8 persons per course unless by arrangement.
New Dates
Saturday 22nd May
BENEFITS FOR YOUR BUSINESS
Understanding the skills you have and how they transfer to working in nature. Optimising, adapting and enhancing your current therapeutic qualifications and practice by opening up and increasing revenue streams in a more healthy, congruent and cost free setting.
BENEFITS FOR YOUR CLIENTS
Overall healthy improvement in both Mind and Body. For our purposes we’ll focus on reduction of anxiety, depression and the corresponding increase in confidence, mood and overall perspectives. Your outside sessions act as both an unsaid illustration of wellbeing – talking then moving more easily to feeling.
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Details
The focus of this course is to learn to adapt your style of therapy for working outside. Parks, rivers, coast, mountains. The course benefits from multi- discipline participation, it’s interactive and discursive. We will learn from each other as well as gain insight into our greatest healer – mother nature herself. This course also provides an insight into Forest Bathing, what is known in Japan as Shinrin Yoku.
SETUP
• Why working in Nature is so important.
• Adapting your skill base to work and practice in nature
• Different applications and titles used for Nature Therapy
• The NHS and Mind
• Social Prescribing
• Insurance and confidentiality issues
DISCUSSIONS
• Combating the changing winds of technology in therapy
ADHD and Vitamin N
• Working with Adults and working with children
• Nature and Behavioural and Cognitive effects
• Phone down Face up – why connection is important
• Dealing with Anxiety, Overwhelm Depression and Stress
COURSE WORK
• Walk and talk therapy – Introduction to Wonder Walking
• Working with images and visualisations outside
• Forest / Bathing Therapy
• Use of metaphor in nature
• Application of free association
• How to deal with British weather
• Working in Urban areas
• Breathing and expanding your senses
• Mindfulness and mind body connection
WHERE AND WHEN
• Unless it’s a private group the learning will take place in London Parks advised prior.
• 6 persons per group max
• Management and More
• Pre attendance preparation sheet
• Post course support and supervision included.
• Recommended reading supplied
What you’ll be able to do after this course
and who you will be able to help
You’ll be able to see clients in parks, by the river, walks – you’ll be able to go outsied to help people heal inside.
Your new clients may be presenting with any type of Anxiety, Depression, Grief or overwhelm.
Clients who want change, purpose and happiness in their life.
Certificate of participation : Nature Sense accreditation on completion of proof of learning exercise.
Why going outside is good for both your business and your clients.
According to Dr Richardson head of psychology at the University of Derby. “There is already research evidence that exposure to nature can reduce high blood pressure and cardiovascular illnesses; improve vitality and mood; benefit issues of mental wellbeing such as anxiety; and restore attention capacity and mental fatigue. But more than that, feeling a part of nature has been shown to significantly correlate with life satisfaction, vitality, meaningfulness, happiness, mindfulness, and lower cognitive anxiety.
It doesn’t matter what your core therapy is, it can be taken outside”.