Ecotherapy in Morgantown, WV
You’re ready to move from distraction and materialism to finding joy and connection in the forgotten world around you.
Honoring The Land And Finding Your Place Within It
We begin by acknowledging for ourselves and our Morgantown community that we are on the traditional territory of native peoples, including, over time, the Shawnee, Lenape (Delaware), the Seneca of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and others. We acknowledge these people, their traditions, and our shared history as we work together: respecting the contributions of all; responding to each other with civility, kindness, and gratitude for our community’s rich diversity; and striving to treat the environment with care.
Maybe you sit in an office all day, yearning for time outside. Perhaps you feel happiest when you’re walking in the trails and hills of beautiful West Virginia. If you are someone who feels most connected to yourself while in nature, ecotherapy may help you to heal in an environment that makes you feel safe and understood.
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Reconnecting With Nature As A Partner In Healing
Ecotherapy is a therapeutic approach that seeks to improve mental wellbeing and harmony by interacting with nature and the world around us. The base of ecotherapy is incorporating nature into therapeutic practices such as mindfulness and talk therapy while being in the world around us. Ecotherapy is a bridge to understanding what it means to be human in the greater interconnected web of life. With a Clinical Ecotherapist and nature as co-therapist, you can experience the awe, wonder, and reciprocal healing benefits of living in connection with the natural world.
Ecotherapy has been around almost as long as humans have been. Traditional Chinese medicine, which is still heavily relied on today, believes that health is interwoven with nature. In fact, many cultures believe that health is directly connected to what we surround ourselves with, both positive and negative. If we are around beauty that is real and fills us with joy, it is easier to see the world as somewhere beautiful and joyful. Ecotherapy has ancient roots, and Mind Body Wellness believes in keeping the tradition alive and walking side by side to let the peace of nature help you to grow and heal.
Who Can Benefit From Ecotherapy?
Ecotherapy can be beneficial to almost anyone, but particularly someone who feels more at peace when they are outside amongst nature. Ecotherapy is also helpful for those who are experiencing burnout. In the world today, we are on screens and available 24/7. Being outside, technology free, is often healing and freeing for those who feel overwhelmed by the access others have to us every day. Those who suffer from depression, anxiety, and PTSD may especially benefit from ecotherapy as it gives a change of scenery and connection to the world and concrete, real nature–trees, streams, sunshine–to help you to feel grounded and safe.
You co-create your ecotherapy experience. You may choose to walk around an area, looking at what you see. Or, you may instead stay in one spot, soaking in the beauty of one particular place. How much or how little you engage with nature is up to you–we are facilitators for your journey.
Finding Support Through Climate-Aware Ecotherapy
If you feel drawn to ecotherapy, you are not alone. Others like you have sought out different ways to participate in therapy, and in turn have found this modality. Ecotherapy practices range from nature-based mindfulness practices to practices geared to alleviate the existential dread about our natural environment through hopeful activism that strengthens our connection to nature and each other.
At Mind Body Wellness, you will work with clinicians with advanced training in Clinical Ecotherapy practices and climate aware therapists who recognize the world around us as a healing tool. We also recognize the threat that climate change possesses to our world and pay special attention to the anxieties and unsettled feelings our current world may give you. We are here to walk you through nature and help you unpack and process in a place that deserves respect, understanding, and care–just like you do.
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