{"id":93,"date":"2020-07-02T16:46:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T15:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bethlivingston.co.uk\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2026-08-14T08:21:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:21:28","slug":"ecopsychotherapy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bethlivingston.co.uk\/?page_id=93","title":{"rendered":"Ecopsychotherapy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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In my page About Psychotherapy<\/i> I describe Psychotherapy\nas a conversation about you and your life, which happens within a relationship\nbetween you and I, client and psychotherapist. What happens when we take that\nconversation outside?<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

For some clients, being outdoors can feel more spacious and less\nintense than being in a therapy room. The simple act of moving and breathing\ncan feel helpful. If your thoughts and feelings feel tangled and crowded, maybe\na wide open hilltop can offer the peace and space you need to start to unpack what\u2019s\non your mind.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Getting in touch with who we really are, what we really feel,\ncan sometimes feel easier in nature. We spend a lot of our lives in rooms which\nare set up for us to perform various roles. Think about the question \u201cWho am\nI?\u201d. If you ask yourself that question and picture yourself in your kitchen,\ndoes it feel different from asking yourself the same question but picturing\nyourself in your place of work? What happens if you picture yourself in a\nwoodland or on a beach? For many people being in nature can feel like a good\nplace to notice their thoughts and feelings.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

On the About Psychotherapy<\/i> page I talked about how we all\ndevelop an inner self, rather like scaffolding. That scaffolding grows and\nbecomes strong through good relationships with others, and particularly parent\nfigures. A relationship with the natural world can also help to build that\nscaffolding. For example, loving a pet can contribute to a sense of being safe\nor not alone, and feeling that animal\u2019s love in return can make us feel\nvaluable. We might also have relationships with wild animals, plants or\nlandscapes. Lots of people had felt a strong connection with the Sycamore Gap\ntree, and you might similarly have a tree which feels important to you. Or\nmaybe there is a particular place where you feel a sense of belonging?\nSometimes we notice our connection to places when we are away from them, like\nthe place you grew up then moved away from, or the beach where you took family\nholidays. In Ecopsychotherapy, we would notice those relationships and the ways\nin which they might have fed into you becoming who you are.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

In the summer of 2026 it\u2019s been very clear how we all live our\nlives in the context of the natural world. Weeks of hot, dry weather have been\na stark reminder that even small changes in the climate affect us\nsignificantly. In Ecopsychotherapy there is space to talk about your feelings\nabout how the natural world is changing.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

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Please feel free to get in touch if you\u2019d like to talk with me\nabout how Ecopsychotherapy might be helpful for you.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my page About Psychotherapy I describe Psychotherapy as a conversation about you and your life, which happens within a relationship between you and I, client and psychotherapist. What happens when we take that conversation outside? For some clients, being outdoors can feel more spacious and less intense than being in a therapy room. The … <\/p>\n

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