ABSTRACT
Eco-Transactional Analysis (TA) has been heavily influenced by eco-psychology and eco-psychotherapy; both of which have been developed over the past 40 years. One of the basic assumptions of eco-TA is that Western psychology was developed with what Barrow and Marshall refer to as the ‘indoor mind’; in other words, an intellectual pursuit which is cut off from nature and which sees humans as somehow apart from nature, instead of being a part of nature. Eco-TA is largely organized around a philosophical stance and a number of concepts which shift the emphasis on how TA is framed, and subsequently applied in practice. Eco-TA would also hold that a lack of engagement with the intrinsic interconnectedness is a significant cause of reductions in physical and mental well-being. The practice of ‘walk and talk therapy’ became popular and hugely important for practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic, when restrictions were placed on working indoors.
