Integrative and Nature-Based Mental Health Care

"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."

I appreciated the chance to contribute this article to the Las Cruces Bulletin, highlighting ways to connect with nature in support of...

This video provides an introduction to what it can be like to use a story-based approach to therapy, drawing on narrative therapy.

Envisioning the future you want and can see yourself living has so much power in helping you get there.

Our Wild Calling: How connecting with animals can transform our lives and save theirs by Richard Louv is a masterful multi-disciplinary book

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach, PhD is a guidebook for shedding shame and self-criticism.

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté, MD, is an essential read on addiction.

What does it mean to be an empath? Judith Orloff, MD describes in this book that it goes beyond having empathy...

This is a brief reference guide to three books I turn to as resources for bereaved clients and those supporting grieving loved ones.

Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence—From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Herman, MD has become a core work in trauma

This is a practice focused on cultivating a relationship of reciprocal healing with nature through connection, creativity, and community.

This guided visualization is called Leaves on a Stream, a cognitive defusion exercise that supports the ability to observe thoughts.

This is a meditation for connecting with and reflecting on a nature object. It can be any object you’ve found in nature.

The work of integration may occur as we walk the path of grief, heal from trauma, or make sense of the multiple identities we’ve embraced on