Ecopsychotherapy

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Nature-centered psychotherapy: the use of nature to promote mental health. rare, uncountable

    "In [Paul] Shepard’s and [Theodore] Roszak’s version, providing ecopsychotherapy and changing our child rearing practices will reunite us with nature and help us avert environmental catastrophe."

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"In [Paul] Shepard’s and [Theodore] Roszak’s version, providing ecopsychotherapy and changing our child rearing practices will reunite us with nature and help us avert environmental catastrophe."

Etymology

From eco- + psychotherapy; perhaps influenced by ecopsychology and ecopsychiatry.

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