by Allison Priestman | Aug 3, 2018 | ecopsychology, psychotherapy, Wild Therapy
Tuesday, walking It’s evening and the shadows are long, the light soft and intriguing. I’m walking home across the common, dry and dusty beneath my feet. I found some blackberries earlier, surprisingly luscious given the lack of rain and early, like much...
by Allison Priestman | Jul 27, 2018 | Blog, ecopsychology, Wild Therapy
Monday, in the garden The afternoon is moving into the evening, I’m sitting in the sun in my garden, in late July. I’m watching the cabbage white butterflies dance before me, immersed in the vegetation around me, French beans nestling into my right elbow,...
by Emma Palmer (previously known as Kamalamani) | Apr 24, 2018 | ecopsychology, Wild Therapy
‘What would it be useful to know before Wild therapy at Ecodharma?’ I was thinking to myself this morning, pulling my striped socks over my heels. I was soon heading off to the Forest of Dean to spend time in a wilder place. I’m preparing for Wild therapy – it’s...
by Jayne Johnson | Mar 14, 2018 | Blog, ecopsychology, personal, psychotherapy, Wild Therapy
I’m in the process of letting go. I’m moving out of my rented home which I have fully appreciated and loved living in for the last 5 years. The start of this process was a body symptom which I have been following for almost a year. I started with really painful...
by Jayne Johnson | Oct 28, 2017 | Blog, ecopsychology, personal, psychotherapy, Wild Therapy
Call of the Mountain On a sunny Autumn day I sat at the window looking out across the Scottish countryside and felt the pull of the mountain far away in the distance. It was calling me saying “Come to me and climb to the top” I chatted with a friend on the phone and...
by Stephen Tame-Admin Account | Oct 23, 2017 | Blog, ecopsychology, personal, Wild Therapy
I’m writing this to clarify a few things for myself. Speaking with a colleague a few days ago touched me profoundly. The growing gaps in birdsong brought home to me that, in important ways, this world is dying. Shocked to type that, shocked to hear myself speak...
