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Integrative and Nature-Based Mental Health Care
Elizabeth Abrams, LPCC, NCC
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Elizabeth Abrams
Dec 102 min read
Mini-Review: Four Thousand Weeks
Four Thousand Weeks explores what it means to face mortality realistically and try to make meaningful choices within the human lifespan.
Elizabeth Abrams
Sep 112 min read
Mini-Review: Digital Minimalism
This book holds relevance for anyone hoping to recalibrate their relationship with social media and technology tools.
Elizabeth Abrams
May 2, 20232 min read
Mini-Review: The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way" is a guide for people seeking to break through creative blocks and achieve their artistic goals.
Elizabeth Abrams
Feb 10, 20232 min read
Mini-Review: The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise
"Grief expressed out loud for someone we have lost, or a country or home we have lost, is in itself the greatest praise we could ever give."
Elizabeth Abrams
Dec 5, 20222 min read
Mini-Review: Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit
Reading Rooted was an experience that I sank into at the end of long days, a nourishing connection to the natural world and the realm of the
Elizabeth Abrams
Oct 29, 20221 min read
Exploring nature's mental health benefits
I appreciated the chance to contribute this article to the Las Cruces Bulletin, highlighting ways to connect with nature in support of...
Elizabeth Abrams
Sep 1, 20222 min read
Mini-Review: Our Wild Calling
Our Wild Calling: How connecting with animals can transform our lives and save theirs by Richard Louv is a masterful multi-disciplinary book
Elizabeth Abrams
Sep 1, 20221 min read
Mini-Review: Radical Acceptance
Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach, PhD is a guidebook for shedding shame and self-criticism.
Elizabeth Abrams
Sep 1, 20222 min read
Mini-Review: In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté, MD, is an essential read on addiction.
Elizabeth Abrams
Sep 1, 20221 min read
Mini-Review: The Empath's Survival Guide
What does it mean to be an empath? Judith Orloff, MD describes in this book that it goes beyond having empathy...
Elizabeth Abrams
Sep 1, 20222 min read
Three Grief Books
This is a brief reference guide to three books I turn to as resources for bereaved clients and those supporting grieving loved ones.
Elizabeth Abrams
Sep 1, 20222 min read
Mini-Review: Trauma and Recovery
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence—From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Herman, MD has become a core work in trauma
Elizabeth Abrams
Sep 1, 20222 min read
Mini-Review: How to Love by Thich Nhat Hanh
“How to Love” is the third book in the Mindfulness Essentials series by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, with illustrations by Jason DeAntonis.
Elizabeth Abrams
Sep 1, 20222 min read
Mini-Review: The Highly Sensitive Child
The Highly Sensitive Child by Elaine Aron, Ph.D. is a book for parents and others who have a highly sensitive child in their life.
Elizabeth Abrams
Sep 1, 20222 min read
Poet Warrior: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
This is a mini-review of Poet Warrior: Memoir by Joy Harjo, the first Native American poet laureate of the US.
Elizabeth Abrams
Sep 1, 20222 min read
Mini-Review: Women Who Run with the Wolves
Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D. offers the wisdom of the “old
Elizabeth Abrams
Sep 1, 20222 min read
Mini-Review: Set Boundaries, Find Peace
Set Boundaries Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by therapist Nedra Glover Tawwab is a book I often recommend to clients. This...
Elizabeth Abrams
Sep 1, 20222 min read
Mini Review: The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron
If you're a highly sensitive person looking for ways to understand yourself better and navigate the world in an empowered way, The Highly...
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