Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy Program in Clinical Practice

Target Audience: Mental Health Professionals; Professional Counselors & Therapists

Total Online Continuing Education Hours: 30

The Mindful Ecotherapy Center, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7022. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Mindful Ecotherapy Center, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Course Description

This Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy Program in Clinical Practice teaches you to be a facilitator of the Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy Program. The Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy Program is a 12-week program combining the skills of mindfulness and ecotherapy.
In this facilitator training course we review the skills necessary to implement your own Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy Program.

This program is entirely self-paced with no start or end date and may be completed entirely online.

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About the 12-Week Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy Program

The Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy Program is a 12-week group therapy program that combines the skills of mindfulness with the healing power of nature. MBE is used as a framework for helping individuals and families to find deeper connections in their own lives, and to give more meaning and enjoyment to the activities of daily living. By re-integrating ourselves with nature, we are able to tap into nature’s healing power and to heal the earth as we heal ourselves.

The Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy Workbook and the Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy Program series were developed by Charlton Hall as a 12-week program to help individuals re-connect with the healing power of nature. The series meets once per week for 90 minutes, usually in an outdoor setting. The first six sessions cover the skills of mindfulness, and the next six sessions cover integrating mindful skills into ecotherapy. The six mindful skills are about “what” to do, and the six ecotherapy skills are about “how” to do it.

Each of the twelve sessions covers a distinct skill that builds on previous skills, and provides activities and interventions that can be used in both group and individual therapy sessions.

In this course, the Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy Program in Clinical Practice, you will learn the skills required to run your own Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy Program. The course includes the worksheets and other materials necessary for such a program, and teaches you how to facilitate each session of the 12-week Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy Program.

Since we first began offering the program in 2015, response has been overwhelming, so we began to offer the facilitator training to mental health professionals all over the world. If you are interested in running your own Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy program, this is the course for you!

Course Content

1. Introduction to the Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy Workbook, Second Edition
2. Group Dynamics
3. Overview of the Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy Program
4. Session 1: Mindful Awareness
5. Session 2: Living in the Now
6. Session 3: Letting Go
7. Session 4: Radical Acceptance
8. Session 5: Wise Mind and Wise Body
9. Session 6: Centering
10. Session 7: Connecting
11. Session 8: Nature as Metaphor
12. Session 9: Nature as Teacher
13. Session 10: Nature as Nurture
14. Session 11: Nature as Healer
15. Session 12: Living in True Self
16. Course Summary and Review