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Description
Nature provides an ideal play therapy space for healing and transformation. Throughout history, people across cultures have interacted with and related to nature to promote healing and wellness. There is evidence that Nature Play decreases anxiety, depression, ADHD, and stress. Nature Play Therapy can improve self-esteem, resiliency, creativity, and problem-solving. This workshop covers mindfulness, labyrinths, metaphors, ethical concerns, and creating Healing Gardens. We will share metaphors from nature. Metaphors in nature can provide emotional distance for defenses that need to be honored. Sensory Mindfulness meditation in the Healing Gardens allows for all senses for meditation. Tasting strawberries, raspberries, honeyberries, and herbs. Touching ferns, rocks, cactus, pinecones, and lamb’s ear. Smelling roses, monarda, lilacs, mock orange, and herbs. Seeing colors and patterns in the flowers and leaves. Sounds include wind chimes, birds, and water. Children can get in touch with their own internal sensations, including the vestibular, proprioceptive, and interoceptive systems. The workshop will explore using natural components to process trauma. Using historical traditions can assist in healing. For instance, planting lilacs when a woman miscarried or an infant died allowed for healing rituals within nature. Growing plants used by cultures for healing rituals can allow for deep discussion and healing. Ethical concerns, including informed consent, will be identified, and decision-making related to ethics will be discussed. Outdoor spaces, including Healing Gardens, will be discussed. How to develop Healing Gardens, including labyrinths, considering therapy and healing, will be discussed. Incorporating nature play into indoor settings will be explored.
· List at least five types of Healing Gardens that can be used in Nature Play Therapy and how to develop them
· Identify Sensory Mindfulness Meditations with at least two things in nature for each of the eight senses in Nature Play Therapy
· Roleplay how to do mindfulness meditations in Nature Play Therapy
· List and describe at least five clinical changes (i.e., reduced depression) that are seen with Nature Play Therapy
· Provide three nature metaphors that can facilitate healing in Nature Play Therapy
· Discuss the history of labyrinths in healing and how this ancient ritual can be used in Nature Play Therapy
· Practice walking meditation in a labyrinth in a Healing Garden in Nature Play Therapy
· Analyze the use of mindfulness-based Nature Play Therapy techniques with children, adolescents, and adults
· Describe at least one ethics concern when doing Nature Play Therapy
Location: Chrysalis Behavioral Health Services and Training Center
1620 16th Ave S Fargo, ND 58103 Text when you arrive: (701)260-0713
And The Treehouse in Wadena, MN
Investment: $850. Additional expenses are the responsibility of the participant
Continuing Education: 20 Contact CE Hours
Content level: Beginning through Advanced
APT Approved Provider 14-371
Date & Time
Aug 13, 2027 8:00 AM - Aug 15, 2027 9:00 PM
Venue Details
treehouse
Wadena , Minnesota