Ecotherapeutic Guide Certificate

Find Growth, Knowledge and Wellbeing through Nature

What you'll learn
What is ecotherapy?
Why does ecotherapy matter now more than ever?
Learn how to do ecotherapy (instead of just learning the theory) with a few simple, repeatable practices
Apply ecotherapeutic practices to think differently about your area of expertise
Learn a simple five step ecotherapy model to achieve your goals, gain knowledge and wellbeing learning from nature
Requirements
Love nature and want to learn how to bring more nature connection into your work and personal life
Description
Introduction to EcotherapyWould you describe yourself as a person whoLoves nature and want to spend more time outdoors and connecting to the non-human world,Appreciates the healing and restorative power of being outdoors and want to find opportunities bring nature into your work and life,Is exploring how to incorporate nature-based therapies, coaching or counselling to enhance your offerings to clients and patients, orHave an interest in ecotherapy but do not know where to start?Did you know that ecotherapy (also called nature-based therapy or green therapy) and nature-based personal development activities are growing in popularity?The majority of people spend 80% of their time indoors (and Vit-D deficiency is a big health issue around the world)People all over the world have a renewed interest nature-based personal growth and leadership trainingWhy I made this courseStarting off in nature-based therapy can be intimidating. It's hard to know where to start and most people think you need to go on long hikes or know the names of trees or be an expert in psychology or ecology. In this course I will show you that its much easier to start than you think, and teach how you can bring ecotherapeutic activities into your work, home and communities.I invite you to become an Ecotherapeutic GuideThis online, self-paced positive eco-psychotherapy course shows you how to connect nature-based activities with personal growth, learning and wellbeing goals.The purpose of the program is to develop you own experiential understanding of positive ecotherapy, and articulate it in your own words based on personal insights and engagement with nature during the learning journey.The program content integrates easily into daily life, including work, home and community -  against the busy lifestyles and backdrop of remote work and studying.This experiential program teaches simple nature-relatedness skills, using indoors and outdoors activities to bring more nature-connected ways of thinking, relating and doing into people's lives.What you are going to learn What ecotherapy isWhy ecotherapy is becoming more popularThe importance of biophilia (love for connecting to nature) for human wellbeingHow to do ecotherapy (instead of just theory)A repeatable and scaleable ecotherapeutic model, practice and tools Three cognitive skills to support attention restoration, gain more clarity, improve decision making and enhance creativityHow to achieve goals and realize your potential learning from natureBenefits of completing this Introduction to Ecotherapy courseImmersing yourself in the indoors and outdoors course activities will promote subjective, personal wellbeing and nature intelligence;Builds confidence by following a simple, structured process, practices, tools and content to guide others in how to integrate and cultivate personal and cultural transformations with nature as mentor;Restorative (including identity restoration, attention restoration, mood restoration and relationship restoration);A fun way for people to get together again (online and offline);Promotion of positive emotions;Building trust and hope;Helps to protect and restore your inner and outer life from machine influence and marketing;Supports your future fit career development: help yourself and support your team and clients; andFosters cultivating high performance cognitive skills of focused concentration, intentional mind-wandering and soft fascination.CertificationUpon completion of this course, you will receive an Ecotherapeutic Guide certification issued by Udemy. To receive the formal EcoNova Positive Ecotherapeutic Guide Certificate, you will need to complete a few additional steps which I will describe in the course.

Overview

Section 1: What is an Ecotherapeutic Guide?

Lecture 1 Welcome to the Introduction to Ecotherapy Course

Lecture 2 Agreement

Lecture 3 A brief introduction to the Ecotherapy course

Lecture 4 A note about Udemy's Course Rating System

Section 2: Safety Moment

Lecture 5 Ecotherapy Safety and Ethics Overview

Lecture 6 Examples of safety and ethics notes

Section 3: Course Orientation

Lecture 7 Optional: Complete your Baseline Assessment: Nature Relatedness Assessment

Lecture 8 Course Orientation, Tips and Start Your First Ecotherapeutic Tool

Lecture 9 Tips

Lecture 10 Social Learning by joining our online Mighty Networks

Section 4: "As is" Environmental Assessment and Goal Setting

Lecture 11 Stop and See: New World, New Challenges

Section 5: Ecotherapy Theory

Lecture 12 Biophilia: A Foundation for Ecotherapy

Lecture 13 Defining Ecotherapy

Lecture 14 References for Ecotherapy Theory

Section 6: Two Ecotherapeutic Practices

Lecture 15 Learn Two Ecotherapeutic Practices

Lecture 16 References for Two Ecotherapeutic Practices

Lecture 17 Walking Activity - Options if you are unable to walk

Section 7: Five Steps Ecotherapy Overview

Lecture 18 Learn the Five Steps Ecotherapy Model

Section 8: Ecotherapy Model: Step One

Lecture 19 Ecotherapy Model: Step One

Section 9: Ecotherapy Model: Step Two

Lecture 20 Ecotherapy Model: Step Two

Lecture 21 Step Two: Inside Activity

Lecture 22 Step Two: Outside Activity

Lecture 23 Potential future practices

Lecture 24 Reference for Step Two

Section 10: Ecotherapy Model: Step Three:

Lecture 25 Ecotherapy Model: Step Three

Lecture 26 References

Lecture 27 Step Three: Inside Activity

Lecture 28 Step Three: Outside Activity

Section 11: Ecotherapy Model: Step Four

Lecture 29 Ecotherapy Model: Step Four

Lecture 30 References in Step Four

Lecture 31 Step Four: Inside Activity

Lecture 32 Step Four: Outside Activity

Section 12: Ecotherapy Model: Step Five

Lecture 33 Ecotherapy Model: Step Five

Lecture 34 References: Step Five

Section 13: Your Turn: Define Ecotherapy in Your Own Words

Lecture 35 Being a Human of Nature Knowledge

Section 14: Look How Far You've Come!

Lecture 36 Ecotherapeutic Guide Model

Lecture 37 Optional: Retake the Nature Relatedness Assessment

Lecture 38 Final Words

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