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Nature as Co-Healer: Relational Practice in Health and Care
Description
In this episode I'm looking back on our Circle of Life Rediscovery 'Green Health Virtual Gathering, Embedding Nature in Practice – From Vision to Delivery'. It brought together psychiatrists, a GP, psychotherapists, nurses and NHS teams to explore one idea: nature is a co-healer alongside people, and the healing happens in relationship, with each other and with the land.
Topics include:
• Reflection on the gathering and what happens within the Health service!
• Why "just go outside" isn't enough. The outdoors isn't the intervention; it's a partner in it.
• Person-centred practice built on invitations rather than prescriptions, and why no two sessions should look the same.
• Dr Hannah Sherbersky on how we already are nature, and why the work has to respect people's different histories with the land.
• Contributions from Dr Shuo Zhang!
• Roger Duncan's three gateways to deep nature connection, and his warning against the "green pill".
• Can relational, person-centred work be evaluated? (Yes. Here's how.)
Find out more about the speakers
Dr Hannah Sherbersky, family and systemic psychotherapist, University of Exeter:
https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/therapist/Hannah-Sherbersky-iAgk6AAC
Hannah and Roger's programme at Exeter:
Dr Shuo Zhang, child and adolescent psychiatrist, King's College London:
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/clinic-to-research-tackling-mental-health-disparities
https://www.acamh.org/author/dr-shuo-zhang/
Dr Ralph Mortimer Roome, Brighton GP:
https://www.greenerpractice.co.uk/
Show Notes:
https://theoutdoorteacher.com/podcasts/nature-as-healer-in-health-and-care/
Music by Geoff Robb: www.geoffrobb.com
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