Embodied Ecotherapy
1-day workshop | 29th May | Dr Adrian Harris | NEW Exeter Campus
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The theory & practice of weaving Ecotherapy with somatics. Embodied Ecotherapy applies mindfulness, interoception and felt sensing.
The workshop alternates between theory and practice, grounding cognitive understanding in embodied experience. Most of the practical work will take place outside. It will be a mix of individual, paired and group exercises.
Principles of Ecotherapy.
The role of embodiment.
The Experiential Iceberg: A model of the embodied psyche.
Working with all the senses, including interoception.
Principles and practice of:
- Mindfulness in nature
- The power of place.
- Focusing and the felt sense.
- Dialogues with the deeper self and the other-than-human.
- Group closing practice.
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What are the objectives?
By the end of the workshop participants will:
- be able to explain how embodied awareness underpins effective Ecotherapy;
- be able to facilitate eight key Embodied Ecotherapy exercises with clients;
- have personal practices that can help them develop personal awareness and deepen presence.
What will participants learn?
- How to apply a new and powerful model of the embodied psyche.
- The principles of mindfulness in nature and simple exercises they can offer clients.
- How different locations can impact on the client’s experience.
- The principles of Focusing.
- How Embodied Ecotherapy can deepen our connection with the other-than-human.
What will they take away with them?
- A set of course notes including step by step guides to eight of the exercises.
Who is this event for?
- A qualified therapist or trainee who is interested in Ecotherapy and somatic approaches will learn about the crossover between these two practices. They will learn new tools and experience them first-hand.
- A qualified therapist or trainee who already has some Ecotherapy experience will discover new ways to deepen their work through somatic practices.
Supporting information
‘Gendlin and ecopsychology: focusing in nature’, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14779757.2013.855135
Adrian Harris: The Embodied Pathways of Connection:
https://www.youtube.com/@DrAdrianHarris/videos
Web: https://www.natureconnection.org.uk/
Meet the Tutor: Dr Adrian Harris
Dr Adrian Harris is a psychotherapist who has worked in private practice since 2015 and is the Lead Editor of the European Journal of Ecopsychology (http://ecopsychology-journal.eu/). Adrian has been involved with ecotherapy since 2007 and has a Certificate in Ecotherapy from the Tariki Trust.
Adrian delivered a Keynote presentation on ‘Mindfulness in nature’ at Psychotherapy & the natural world in 2016.
He completed his training as a Focusing Oriented Therapist in 2015. He developed key aspects of his doctoral research in his paper ‘Gendlin and ecopsychology: focusing on nature’, which was published in Person-Centred & Experiential Psychotherapies in 2013. Since then, the power of Focusing has become more widely recognised, and Adrian has spent the last year developing a training programme with colleagues.
