Ecotherapy in Practice: A Buddhist Model

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- PART 1: The therapeutic container -- 1. Conditions for change -- Conditions for growth -- The consulting room outdoors -- The therapeutic container -- Outdoor therapy as a collaborative process -- The Ten Directions model -- Concluding -- References -- 2. Embodied presence -- Reconnecting to the body-sense -- Grounding -- Mindfulness -- Presence -- Embodiment -- Walking -- Walking as meditation -- Walking together as therapy -- Moving towards interdependence -- References -- 3. Sacred space -- Fluidity and therapeutic space -- The space and the boundary -- Space as a condition -- Home spaces -- Sacred spaces -- Buddhist psychology and sacred space -- Sacred space and embodied ritual -- Three types of sacred space -- Concluding -- References -- PART 2: The theoretical base -- 4. Concepts, models and practicalities -- Frameworks for working outdoors -- The map and the road -- Other-centred approach -- Settings and boundary issues -- Confidentiality and privacy -- Time boundaries -- Personal boundaries -- Safety and physical limits -- Styles of groupwork outdoors -- Facilitation in outdoor groups -- Note -- References -- 5. Object-related identity -- Continuity and change -- Attachment, objects, behaviour and identity -- The power of objects: -- and identification -- and not seeing -- Why do we distort perception? -- Individual and the collective attachment -- Grasping compulsion -- Aversion and rejection -- Ambivalence and confusion -- Hope through impermanence -- Note -- References -- 6. Triangular relationship -- The side-by-side relationship -- Attention -- Different dynamics and side-by-side relationship -- Empathy -- Resonance and attunement -- Empathy and observation -- Other-centred empathy -- Attention, mindfulness and awareness

Fallibility and fellow feeling -- Triangular relationships in groups -- Note -- References -- PART 3: Personal process -- 7. The personal frame -- Story and association -- Language and perception -- Childhood roots -- Appropriating the landscape -- The cycles of attachment -- Working at the personal level -- Modes of conditioning -- Mindfulness and mental process -- References -- 8. Conditioned view -- Exploring childhood influences -- Places -- Animals -- People -- Working with personal story -- Introductions and warm-ups -- Projective work -- Family sculpts -- Dialogues -- Time-lines -- Writing, letters and letterboxes -- Other influences on conditioned view -- Watering good seeds -- Note -- References -- 9. Encounter -- Urban observation -- Photography -- Writing -- Solitary work and wild spaces -- Gardening and land work -- Investigation, observation and curiosity -- Impermanence and encounters with death -- Notes -- References -- PART 4: Collective and cultural frames -- 10. Collective process, myth and ritual -- Myth -- Working with myth in nature -- Ritual -- Ritual in therapeutic settings -- Opening and closing rituals -- Marking territory -- Sharing circles -- Honouring the Earth -- Connecting to the seasons -- Traditional sites as ritual spaces -- Expressing grief and creating memorials -- Initiation and transformation rituals -- Menstrual practices and women's rites -- Engagement and distancing -- Notes -- References -- 11. Working with myth and story -- The story of Vasalisa - an example -- Planning and preparation -- Stage one -- Stage two -- Stage three -- Stage four -- Stage five -- Stage six -- Stage seven -- Stage eight -- Stage nine -- Stage ten -- Note -- References -- 12. Creativity -- Art and culture -- Art and the senses -- Creativity as process -- The process and the artefact -- Empathy for materials

Practicalities and approaches -- Large scale creative activities -- Weaving -- Poetry -- Changing media, changing perception -- References -- PART 5: Global context and wider horizons -- 13. Environmentally-based therapy in context -- Living at the edge of time -- Anthropocentric thinking -- Individualism and fragmentation -- Greed culture and commodification -- Therapy culture -- Psychology in the global context -- Philosophies of connection -- Dukkha and avoidance -- Three forms of dukkha -- Three types of dukkha and social change -- Responsible to whom? -- Notes -- References -- 14. Vibrancy -- Energy and the emotions -- Energy and consumption -- Spiritual energy -- Safety and challenge -- Disabilities and special needs -- Natural cycles -- Women's cycles -- Polarities and balance -- Life journey -- References -- 15. Embedded living -- Points of impact -- Awareness raising -- Issues of judgement and resistance -- Change as spiritual transformation -- Dharma teachers' statement -- Naikan -- Note -- References -- Appendix -- Previous books by Caroline Brazier -- Index