Ecopsychology Video
laurel | February 3, 2010
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What is Nature Therapy?
laurel | January 30, 2010
Our connection to the earth is essential, and one’s mental and physical regulation depends on harmonizing with the powers of the earth. We devised ways to create this experience in our retreats..
Healing Severed Belonging
laurel | October 27, 2009
Practices that re-engage us are the necessary first work in healing Severed Belonging. These workshops have very specific practices around contemplation, sacred reading, re-emplacement writing, and group processing, all designed to slow us down and help us harmonize with one another and the spirit of the place we are in.
Using Mistakes To Improve Relationships
christopher | October 24, 2009
Laurel Vogel, my co-facilitator, and I were waiting at the Earth Sanctuary on Whidbey island, Wa to begin our Nature Therapy Retreat (NTR) and at 10 past 1:00, the expected starting time, I got a call from one of the couples stating that they would be at least an hour late. Since we were out [...]
Thoreau’s Office
laurel | October 22, 2009
One of the more surprising aspects of moving my counseling practice from an office setting to one that is out of doors is feedback I receive from couples in retreat about how comfortable and at ease they are outside of an office, and how much more effective this is for them. I have yet to determine which aspect of the retreat is having the greatest impact on a marriage or relationship
