Meaning of ecopsychotherapy | Babel Free

Definitions

Nature-centered psychotherapy: the use of nature to promote mental health.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“In [Paul] Shepard’s and [Theodore] Roszak’s version, providing ecopsychotherapy and changing our child rearing practices will reunite us with nature and help us avert environmental catastrophe.”

“While psychotherapy has traditionally looked within the individual for answers, ecopsychotherapy explores how the answers may be found in our relationship with the natural environment.”

“Ecopsychotherapy was formulated by Burns (1998) […] In broad terms, ecopsychotherapy proposes that it is beneficial to shift attention away from internal personal problems toward sensory experiences that bring pleasure.”

CEFR level