Integrative and Nature-Based Mental Health Care

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

“How to Love” is the third book in the Mindfulness Essentials series by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, with illustrations by Jason DeAntonis.

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.

This is a mini-review of Poet Warrior: Memoir by Joy Harjo, the first Native American poet laureate of the US.

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

Set Boundaries Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by therapist Nedra Glover Tawwab is a book I often recommend to clients. This...

If you're a highly sensitive person looking for ways to understand yourself better and navigate the world in an empowered way, The Highly...

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.

For years dreams have been an important source of meaning for me. Sometimes a certain dream seems to have an enduring message that...

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

I recently made an intentional journey into a canyon to release the old and welcome the new for the change of season into spring. I spent time with jackrabbits, trees, desert, birds, mountains, wind. As they sometimes do, words came along with the journey, so here they are. Juniper Tree Song for Spring Cast off the crumbling shell of curses that have no power, discard the husk of possibilities that died on the vine. Emerge from the ground like a noonish snake onto warm stone.

The loss of an animal companion (a pet, working animal, or other special animal in our lives) can cause intense grief.

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

Honored to have a poem included in this anthology celebrating the human-animal relationship, written by members of the International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ). This poem remembers a special encounter with a rattlesnake while I was on a desert walk in Southern New Mexico.

In the midst of social distancing requirements and a time of grief and anxiety across the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some have experienced a loss that compounds these difficulties: the death of an animal companion. I hope that readers who are missing a special animal during this time will feel a little less alone through having their experience recognized. This article will touch on the grief process, offer tips for self-care after loss, and provide a list of resourc