Choosing Our Future - Exploring Climate Grief and Active Hope through Nature Informed Art Therapy
Many people are experiencing climate grief with a deepening sense of hopelessness around climate change. In an effort to process this...
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Renee van der Stelt
- Dec 15, 2022
- 3 min
Genograms Made with Natural Objects in Art Therapy
What is a genogram? A genogram is a diagram illustrating a person's family members, including how they are related. Genograms often...
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Heidi Schreiber-Pan
- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
This Holiday Season: Give the Gift of Life
Sitting around the fireplace on a cold fall evening, my family decided to play a game called “food for thought” where each person has to...
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Payton Schreiber-Pan
- Dec 7, 2022
- 4 min
The Key to Distress Tolerance: A simple tale about being lost in the mountains
Digging my dull spikes into thin ice, I break off a sizeable chunk and hear it roll down the snowy precipice. The fear that I’m to follow...
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Renee van der Stelt
- Nov 29, 2022
- 2 min
Oak and grass sundial mandala: Reciprocity in nature
Ecological art therapy is an emerging field that uses natural objects as well as outdoor spaces to encourage healing with an enriched...
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Heidi Schreiber-Pan
- Sep 28, 2022
- 3 min
A Countercultural Move: Go It Alone
“That sounds scary.” “Aren’t you afraid by yourself?” “I could never do that.” Those are the most common responses when I tell people...
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CNIT
- Jun 30, 2022
- 2 min
Nature Informed Therapy vs. Ecotherapy vs. Wilderness Therapy
Compare all nature-based therapies including Nature Informed Therapy, Ecotherapy, Wilderness Therapy, and Forest Therapy.
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Heidi Schreiber-Pan
- May 21, 2022
- 6 min
Hidden Help: Unexpected Solutions For Mental And Planetary Health
What death taught me about three things that mattered most in everyone’s life As a doctorate student in my graduate mental health...
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CNIT
- Feb 22, 2022
- 3 min
Access to Healthful and Sustainable Nature Is Our Human Rights - the full testimony
Feb 23 20222 at 1 pm, the Maryland House Subcommittee on Environment & Transportation will hold a hearing on Constitutional Amendment for...
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Brendan o
- Jan 18, 2022
- 2 min
Center for Nature Informed Therapy Receives $1200 Annual Donation Commitment for Nature Training Pro
This will allow even more individuals and communities to access the tremendous benefits that skilled nature informed therapy can...
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Rogers Belch
- Dec 20, 2021
- 5 min
Thriving in Layers this Winter
One of the things I learned about myself during the winter season is that I experienced an increased sense of urgency when I was cold. ...
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Lauren Calvert
- Nov 17, 2021
- 2 min
Paying Attention on Purpose
What does it look and feel like for me to intentionally connect with nature? The word “intentionally” evokes a deepening of my awareness....
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Lauren Calvert
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
Storm Clouds: A Changing Perspective
Letting go of expectations and changing my perspective, two things I tend to struggle with at times. I lived a significant portion of my...
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Lauren Calvert
- Nov 1, 2021
- 2 min
Rewilding: A Fingernail in Time
In this week’s group we discussed the length of time in which humans have been domesticated as primarily indoor creatures. Group leader...
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Lauren Calvert
- Oct 25, 2021
- 2 min
Ripple Effects: Human Connection and Water
This week centered around water, something with which I have had a deep and meaningful relationship all my life. As a girl, I grew up...
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Brendan o
- Oct 13, 2021
- 2 min
A Look Back on Nature & Mental Health
Why can’t I seem to allow myself permission to simply just be? That was the question I left the first group session pondering. As I...
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CNIT
- Sep 19, 2021
- 7 min
What to Pack (or Not to pack) on Your First Backpacking Trip
There is something special about putting everything you need on your back and going to places can only reach by foot. A backpacking...
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Shannon Graham
- Sep 15, 2021
- 3 min
Therapy on the Water
By Shannon Graham I came into the experience with a lot going on. Woke up on Saturday morning exhausted, secretly hoping the event would...
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CNIT
- Jul 9, 2021
- 3 min
Train Yourself as a Nature Informed Therapist
Welcome to Maryland's premiere nature based therapeutic training for therapists! The training is offered over a 3 month period, beginning...
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