ABSTRACT
This chapter tells the story of the development of the author’s own practice and the subsequent growth of environmental arts therapy in the British Isles. As it does so it considers how it is environmental arts therapy’s relationship with the turning year, the cycle of the seasons, that makes it so much more than just art therapy outdoors. The chapter gently traces this cycle here in the British Isles and touches on some of the natural metaphors and traditional festivals that accompany this turning, using anecdotes and vignettes to illustrate the practice, with a particular emphasis on relationship with the inner child and the therapeutic release of anger. Finally, it reflects upon the role that environmental arts therapy has to play in responding to the environmental crisis.
