Full Description
In a time of apparent global crisis, ecopsychology is a rapidly emerging new field that attracts those concerned with the state of the planet and psychotherapists wanting to bring nature more fully into their practise. Exploring both ecology and psychotherapy from a systemic perspective, Nature in Mind steps beyond our current Darwinian paradigm in search our deep psychological relationships with nature and what stories nature can tell us about healthy psychological development. Drawing on ideas from systemic practice, contemporary neuroscience, and the narratives that have sustained the relationship between our indigenous ancestors and the earth for millennia, Nature in Mind explores the integration of nature and the human psyche and suggests ideas and practises that might help us remember our lost eco psychological heritage.
Contents
Acknowledgements
About the author
Introduction
Chapter 1
Our indigenous heritage
Chapter 2
The wilderness experience
Chapter 3
Mind and nature revisited
Chapter 4
Into the woods
Chapter 5
Maps and territories
Chapter 6
Soul encounter beyond the borders of language
Chapter 7
Patterns of systemic relationships in nature
Chapter 8
Reimagining human development
Epilogue
References
Index
