Nature and Therapy

Martin Jordan is a chartered counselling psychologist, UKCP registered psychotherapist and counsellor. He is also a senior lecturer in counselling and psychotherapy and course leader for the postgraduate diploma in psychodynamic counselling at the University of Brighton, UK.

• Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. The Healing Effects of Nature – Why Go Outdoors? The Field of Nature Based Therapies. The Therapeutic Relationship and Nature Based Therapy. Understanding the Range of Therapeutic Processes in Nature. Practice Issues in Moving Counselling and Psychotherapy Outdoors. Therapists’ Stories – Taking Therapy Outside. Developing Your Own Therapeutic Relationship With Nature

"At last, a book that brings together the disparate strands of knowledge and practice related to ecopsychology, ecotherapy and wider perspectives on nature and therapy. Martin Jordan helps the reader understand sometimes complex fields in a clear and accessible way; most importantly this book offers help in moving beyond theory into ‘how’ we might more fully engage with nature in therapeutic practice." – Professor Martin Milton, Regents University London"This is a very readable, concise and comprehensive guide to therapy in outdoor, natural spaces. It is well researched and well referenced. (…)This is, in my view, an invaluable guide to this field for psychotherapists who like the idea of taking psychotherapy outdoors, developing their ecological self or working with nature as a co-therapist." – Charles Gordon-Graham, Therapy Today, February 2015