If you want to incorporate Ecotherapy and Journeying into your therapy process, we can meet outside in Petaluma. Yes, we can just walk and talk if that is preferable. But there also is a much deeper opportunity available. By adjusting your perception of your senses, I will teach you how to enter into altered-states of consciousness while outside. This will become a tremendous resource for you both in your personal development, your relationship to your natural environment, your capacity to practice self-soothing and mood regulation.

From the ‘scientific’ perspective, there are many studies that show that being close to nature, or “greenspace,” helps our entire body health, including our mental health (1). Studies also show that exposure to higher level of vegetation cover and diversity of birds and/or birdsongs can reduce severity of mental health symptoms (2) Preliminary research shows that college students who tracked birds demonstrated an increase in psychological well-being (3).