Date: Saturday 26th September 2026
Embodied Ecotherapy
The workshop alternates between theory and practice, grounding cognitive understanding in embodied experience. Most of the practical work will take place outside. It will be a mix of individual, paired and group exercises.
Topics:
– Principles of Ecotherapy.
– The role of embodiment.
– The Experiential Iceberg: A model of the embodied psyche.
– Working with all the senses, including interoception.
Principles and practice of:
• Mindfulness in nature
• The power of place.
• Focusing and the felt sense.
• Dialogues with the deeper self and the other-than-human.
• Group closing practice.
Our CPD workshops are facilitated by experienced practicing specialists in their fields. We have a range of courses that are aimed at qualified counsellors who wish to develop their practice, as well as students of counselling.
Timings:
Saturday 10am – 5:00pm
Delivery method: In-person.
Open to: Qualified therapists, Heartwood diploma students and students from other counselling training colleges.
Cost: £95 (Current Heartwood students or Heartwood Alumni receive special rate of £75).
Learning Outcomes
You will learn:
• How to apply a new and powerful model of the embodied psyche.
• The principles of mindfulness in nature and simple exercises you can offer clients.
• How different locations can impact on the client’s experience.
• The principles of Focusing.
• How Embodied Ecotherapy can deepen our connection with the other-than-human.
By the end of the workshop participants will:
• be able to explain how embodied awareness underpins effective Ecotherapy;
• be able to facilitate eight key Embodied Ecotherapy exercises with clients;
• have personal practices that can help them develop personal awareness and deepen presence.
The workshop will be held at our venue in Totnes. Our founding centre set on the beautiful Dartington Hall Estate, just outside Totnes in South Devon.
Amenities at Heartwood
Venue address
Heartwood Counselling and Psychotherapy, Lower Close, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EN
Dr Adrian Harris is a psychotherapist who has worked in private practice since 2015 and is the Lead Editor of the European Journal of Ecopsychology. Adrian has been involved with ecotherapy since 2007 and has a Certificate in Ecotherapy from the Tariki Trust. He delivered a Keynote presentation on ‘Mindfulness in nature’ at Psychotherapy & the Natural World in 2016.
He completed his training as a Focusing Oriented Therapist in 2015. He developed key aspects of his doctoral research in his paper ‘Gendlin and ecopsychology: focusing on nature’, which was published in Person-Centred & Experiential Psychotherapies in 2013. Adrian recently delivered a Focusing with Nature weekend workshop in Lisbon.
Cost for the weekend course: £95 (Current Heartwood students or Heartwood Alumni receive special rate of £75).
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