ABSTRACT
Nature-Based Play and Expressive Therapies addresses a wide range of healing modalities and case studies that can be used in both indoor and outdoor environments.
Each chapter includes vignettes to support the interventions and approaches presented. Readers will find a diverse array of helpful handouts and topics explored, including tips for creating outdoor healing gardens and labyrinths, guidelines for using nature to address trauma, working with sandplay and storytelling in nature, adapting nature-based interventions via telehealth, and much more.
Chapters focus on work with young children and teens in individual settings as well as work with families and groups, making this book an important read for a wide range of mental health professionals.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|41 pages
Essential Nature Foundations
part II|21 pages
Cultural Considerations
part III|45 pages
Healing Nature-Based Trauma Therapies
part IV|38 pages
Nature Play Therapy Models and Other Individual Therapeutic Applications
part V|43 pages
Nature-Based Family Interventions
part VI|47 pages
Nature-Based Storytelling Interventions
part VII|9 pages
Closing Activities