Ecotherapy Certification Level 1
This certification course explores key concepts, practices, knowledge and skills related to the practice of ecotherapy. This is a virtual course with an in person immersion experience in April 2025.
How to use this course
Need to Know
Course Assignments
welcome message
Before we begin...
Land Acknowledgement
Module 1 Video Overview
INTRODUCTIONS
Embodied Nature Practices
REQUIRED READINGS
ASSIGNMENT 1.1: SIT SPOT PRACTICE
ASSIGNMENT 1.2: MEDICINE WALK PRACTICE
ASSIGNMENT 1.3: POISONOUS PLANTS LIST
Closing Poem
Welcome to Module 2
8 WAYS OF KNOWING
Deep Remembering
Rewilding, Ancestral Pathways, and Ecological Repair (Podcast Episode)
Historical Trauma + Land Stories Overview
Historical Trauma Required Resources
Personal Land Acknowledgement
Tamed vs Wild World
EcoGrief
What the Forest Holds (Podcast Episode)
ASSIGNMENT 2.1 WHAT DEEP REMEMBERING FEELS LIKE FOR ME
ASSIGNMENT 2.2 ECOGRIEF (Night Walk)
ASSIGNMENT 2.3 MOURNING & REMEMBERING CEREMONY
ASSIGNMENT 2.4 ECO-ALLYSHIP
Closing Poem
Closing Poem: When God is the Water
Overview
EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE & INTUITION
SELECTED RESEARCH ARTICLES
ELEVATOR PITCH
INTEGRATIVE ECOTHERAPY PRACTICE
NATURE CONNECTION SELF ASSESSMENT
CLOSING POEM
How to Bring Ecotherapy to Your Community (Mental Health America; 50 min)
ECOTHERAPY BACKPACK ESSENTIALS
ECOTHERAPY PRACTICE EXAMPLES & IDEAS
REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS
FIRST AID/CPR CERTIFICATION
LNT TRAINING
IMMERSION REFLECTIONS
IMMERSION ECOTHERAPY FACILITATED ACTIVITY
Welcome Letter