Ecotherapy: Is It Really a Viable Answer to Mental Heath Issues?

By: Loren Kerns

Green therapy – or Ecotherapy, as it’s often called – has an increasing body of research backing it as a successful form of treatment for people suffering with mental health conditions. However, on first impression it does seem a little bohemian, and perhaps a little too lacking in medical prowess to be a viable answer to the complexities of mental health.

Ecotherapy can involve anything from organised gardening groups to a week spent living out in the open, and some ‘patients’ are offered individual ecotherapy sessions. It encourages people to let go of the egocentricity modern society forces us to adopt, …read more