BackgroundIn recent years, many nature and outdoor based postmodern therapies have emerged. Ecotherapy, nature therapy, outdoor therapy, adventure therapy, wilderness therapy are some of them (Itin& Mitten, 2006). The main reason behind using the nature in therapeutic environment is that nature addresses many senses of individuals. The natural environment and the multiple sensory experiences in this environment help to build the cognitive structure necessary to sustain mental development (Louv, 2005). In accordance with this idea, it is also shown that nature and activity in nature are related to health (
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