Incorporating Nature into Therapy: A Framework for Practice

By Ronen Berger, John McLeod. 2006

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Social Psychology

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Eco-Existential Positive Psychology: Experiences in Nature, Existential Anxieties, and Well-Being (2014, unknown): “There is a ‘‘universal truth inherent in the cycles of nature that can connect people to the larger cycle we are all part of’’ (Berger & McLeod, 2006, p. 86–87).”
Meaning in Nature: Meaning in Life as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Nature Connectedness and Well-Being (2013, background): “Similarly, therapists such as Berger and McLeod (2006) have suggested that the use of nature analogies and embedding clients’ experiences ‘‘in a larger natural story of life’’ can help clients bestow and extract meaning (p. 91).”
Urgent Biophilia: Human-Nature Interactions and Biological Attractions in Disaster Resilience (2012, background): “Moving toward an ‘ecological’ approach, researchers in the field of systemic therapies have proposed alternative strategies for healing, conducted in creative ways in nature, that address the environment not merely as a setting but as a partner in the process (Berger and McLeod 2006).”
Noticing nature: Individual and social benefits of a two-week intervention (2017, unknown): “…Negative Affect Scale (PANAS; Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988) is a 20-item scale which lists 10 words each pertaining to well-being (Berger, 2008; Berger & Mcleod, 2006; Besthorn, 2002; Buzzell & Chalquist, 2009; Hasbach, 2012; Jordan, 2009; Rollins, 2009), nature involvement is under-utilized…”
Flourishing in nature: A review of the benefits of connecting with nature and its application as a wellbeing intervention (2015, background): “Although some therapists are incorporating nature into their practice (e.g., Berger & McLeod, 2006; Burns, 1998; Buzzell & Chalquist, 2009; Hasbach, 2012), relatively few programs or interventions appear to be capitalizing on nature as a positive mental health strategy.”
Nature Involvement Increases Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being: A Two-Week Experimental Study (2014, unknown): “Although some psychologists are successfully incorporating elements of nature into their therapeutic work with distressed clients (Berger, 2008; Berger & McLeod, 2006; Burns, 1998; Buzzell & Chal-quist, 2009; Hasbach, 2012), nature involvement is underutilized as a lifestyle intervention aimed at…”