While ecotherapy doesn’t have as much evidence supporting its effects on mental health as other therapies, you may still experience improvements in mood and mental well-being after spending a couple ...

There’s a special shade of green—somewhere in between a yellowy chartreuse and a loud neon—that hits the trees in Philadelphia each spring and summer. I had never noticed it before, this green that ...

However, the key difference between ecotherapy and recreation is the presence of a trained practitioner or therapist. The role of the therapist is often overlooked, however they are key to ...

Longtime South Floridians know the August daytime drill: Move as quickly as possible from the air-conditioned comfort of the indoors to the air-conditioned comfort of your car. On most 90-plus-degree ...

How do you feel when you walk through the woods, sit on a park bench, listen to birds chirp, spend time at the beach, or watch the sunset? Chances are, you might experience a sense of peace, ...

Telling someone with a mental health issue to "spend more time outside" is often viewed as inherently unhelpful. But it turns out there is some truth to the retort. Ecotherapy is being used as a ...

Midway through my second ecotherapy session, I was climbing a muddy hill and trying to articulate a particular brand of climate-change-induced loneliness when I heard a squawk. Stopping abruptly on ...

“Join me on a dog walk,” I said to my kids one afternoon. They sighed as if I had suggested they spend the day memorizing the library’s card catalog system. But their moods lightened once we were ...

The first time J. Phoenix Smith told me that soil has healing properties that can help thwart depression, I just nodded slowly. Smith is an ecotherapist, a practitioner of nature-based exercises ...

Maurie Lung, PhD, was in second grade when she realized what she wanted to do when she grew up. “When I went away to summer camp, my little Strawberry Shortcake diary said, ‘When I grow up, I want to ...

‘Ecotherapy’ might be one promising form of mental health treatment. Patrizia Tilly/ Shutterstock Although definitions of ecotherapy vary, most agree it’s a regular, structured activity that is: ...

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