Ecotherapy in practice: a Buddhist model

"Ecotherapy in Practice reflects the growing interest and research in this field. Drawing on a diversity of experience from the counselling and psychotherapy professions, but also from practitioners in community work, mental health and education, this book explores the exciting and innovative possibilities involved in practising outdoors. Caroline Brazier brings to bear her experience and knowledge as a psychotherapist, group worker and trainer over several decades to think about therapeutic work outdoors in all its forms. The book presents a model of ecotherapy based on principles drawn from Buddhist psychology and Western psychotherapy which focuses particularly on the relationship between person and environment at three levels, moving from the personal level of individual history to cultural influences, then finally to global circumstances, all of which condition mind-states and psychological wellbeing. Ecotherapy in Practice will provide refreshing and valuable reading for psychotherapists and counsellors in the field, those interested in Buddhism, and other mental health and health professionals working outdoors"--Provided by publisher

Part PART 1 The therapeutic container -- chapter 1 Conditions for change -- chapter 2 Embodied presence -- chapter 3 Sacred space -- part PART 2 The theoretical base -- chapter 4 Concepts, models and practicalities -- chapter 5 Object-related identity -- chapter 6 Triangular relationship -- part PART 3 Personal process -- chapter 7 The personal frame -- chapter 8 Conditioned view -- chapter 9 Encounter -- part PART 4 Collective and cultural frames -- chapter 10 Collective process, myth and ritual -- chapter 11 Working with myth and story -- chapter 12 Creativity -- part PART 5 Global context and widifer horizons -- chapter 13 Environmentally-based therapy in context -- chapter 14 Vibrancy -- chapter 15 Embedded living.