Ecopsychotherapy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ecopsychotherapy is a noun meaning (rare) Nature-centered psychotherapy: the use of nature to promote mental health.
Meaning
(rare) Nature-centered psychotherapy: the use of nature to promote mental health.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include naturotherapy, neuropsychotherapist, naturopathy, neurotherapy, narcosuggestion, neuropsychoanalysis.
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