Nature-Based Therapy : A Practitioner's Guide to Working Outdoors with Children, Youth, and Families / Nevin J. Harper, Kathryn Rose, and David Segal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harper, Nevin, 1970- author.

Rose, Kathryn, 1981- author.

Segal, David, 1980- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature--Psychological aspects.

Nature.

Psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Gabriola Island, British Columbia : New Society Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

Nature-Based Therapyis a practical guide for those working in educational and therapeutic settings. It addresses the disconnection between humans and their ecological home, and offers successful theories and practices undertaken with children, youth, and families.

Contents:

1. An introduction to nature for therapy

2. Outdoor therapies: A choice of paths to follow

3. Why nature-based therapy for children, youth, and families?

4. Making the choice to take therapy outside

5. nature-based play, regulation, and healthy neurophysiology

6. Outdoor risky play in nature-based therapy

7. Nature as co-therapist

8. Nature-based therapy for families

9. Multi-family nature-based therapy

10. Group application in nature-based therapy

11. Ethics in nature-based therapy

Appendix A: Developing a nature-based therapy practice

Appendix B: Suggested clothing and equipment/materials list.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 16, 2019).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781771423021

1771423021

9781550927061

155092706X

OCLC:

1096282799