Nature-Based Counseling: Integrating the Healing Benefits of Nature Into Practice

Greenleaf, Arie T.; Bryant, Rhonda M.; Pollock, Joanna B.

doi:10.1007/s10447-013-9198-4

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“…Because there are currently no published studies of care farming as a wellness approach for veterans, our results cannot be fit into a broader research program. However, our results do align with growing evidence showing a relationship between regular contact with the natural environment and enhanced physical health and mental well-being (Greenleaf, Bryant, & Pollock, 2014;Hine et al, 2008). The emerging message from this line of research is that contact with nature improves psychological health by reducing stress levels, enhancing mood and self-esteem, and offering a restorative environment as a protectant from future stressors.…”

Section: Changes In Perception Of Life Satisfactionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Effectiveness of Care Farming on Veterans' Life Satisfaction, Optimism, and Perceived Loneliness

Greenleaf¹,

Roessger

2017

J Humanistic Counseling

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Section: Changes In Perception Of Life Satisfactionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Effectiveness of Care Farming on Veterans' Life Satisfaction, Optimism, and Perceived Loneliness

Greenleaf¹,

Roessger

2017

J Humanistic Counseling

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“…Reese and Myers (2012) cited a lack of attention placed on the human-nature connection in wellness models and a need to integrate components of nature into professional counseling. Other researchers have made similar observations (e.g., Greenleaf, Bryant, & Pollock, 2014;Greenleaf & Roessger, 2017;Reese, Lewis, Myers, Wahesh, & Iverson, 2014;Swank, Cheung, Prikhidko, & Su, 2017;Swank, Shin, Cabrita, Cheung, & Rivers, 2015).…”

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Greening Counseling: Examining Multivariate Relationships Between Ecowellness and Holistic Wellness

Reese

Lewis

2019

J Humanistic Counseling

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Researchers developed the ecowellness construct to draw focus on the human–nature connection in counseling. The authors examined relationships between the EcoWellness Inventory and the Five Factor Wellness Inventory in a study with 749 participants ages 18 to 84. Results provide further support for the significance of ecowellness as a dimension of holistic wellness that merits additional attention in humanistic counseling and research.

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“…Similarly, running in nature enhances the exercise experience, modifies physiology and mood and increases overall well-being (McMurray et al, 1988; Harte and Eifert, 1995; Kerr et al, 2006; Hug et al, 2008). Research has established a strong link between contact with nature and enhanced human well-being (Greenleaf et al, 2014). …”

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Ecotherapy – A Forgotten Ecosystem Service: A Review

Summers

Vivian

2018

Front. Psychol.

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Natural ecosystems provide important services upon which humans depend. Unfortunately, some people tend to believe that these services are provided by nature for free; therefore, the services have little or no value. One nearly forgotten ecosystem service is ecotherapy – the ability of interaction with nature to enhance healing and growth. While we do not pay for this service, its loss can result in a cost to humans resulting in slower recovery times, greater distress and reduced well-being. Losses in these images of nature can diminish our basic happiness. Little is understood or, at least, appreciated concerning the potential ecotherapy benefits of the natural environment and its ecosystem services. The complex and interactive relationship of ecosystems, their services and human well-being is poorly acknowledged in the broad social, philosophical, psychological and economic well-being literature. In this article, we examine the role of nature and its ecosystem services in ecotherapy and its associated enhancement of recovery from physical and mental illness through a review of studies evaluating this ecosystem service-recovery connection.

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Nature-Based Counseling: Integrating the Healing Benefits of Nature Into Practice

Cited by 55 publications

References 51 publications

Effectiveness of Care Farming on Veterans' Life Satisfaction, Optimism, and Perceived Loneliness

Effectiveness of Care Farming on Veterans' Life Satisfaction, Optimism, and Perceived Loneliness

Greening Counseling: Examining Multivariate Relationships Between Ecowellness and Holistic Wellness

Ecotherapy – A Forgotten Ecosystem Service: A Review

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