Get out side: ecopsychology tells us what our ancestors knew ... nature is the soul's best healer."Ecopsychology is the study of the human psyche Psyche (sī`kē), in Greek mythology, personification of the human soul. She was so lovely that Eros (Cupid), the god of love, fell in love with her. in the context of the larger systems of which it is part. It aims to promote sustainable relationships among humans and extend to sustainable relationships with the more-than-human world. We want to redefine Verb 1. redefine - give a new or different definition to; "She redefined his duties" define, delimit, delimitate, delineate, specify - determine the essential quality of 2. sanity Reasonable understanding; sound mind; possessing mental faculties that are capable of distinguishing right from wrong so as to bear legal responsibility for one's actions. SANITY, med. jur. The state of a person who has a sound understanding; the reverse of insanity. , revise the practices of psychotherapy psychotherapy, treatment of mental and emotional disorders using psychological methods. Psychotherapy, thus, does not include physiological interventions, such as drug therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, although it may be used in combination with such methods. and ideas of mental health--that's our mission. We ask: how is the earth speaking through this symptom?" Sarah Corm, ecopsychologist (1) "The priorities of life and survival are very different today. In the past, the environment was obviously a part of survival and was respected. Survival depended on being close to nature. Now, most of us don't acknowledge the part played by the environment in our lives." Sue Wright, psychologist (2) "Our detachment from nature lies behind a host of modern psychological, emotional and physical problems.... Just as our bodies are unable to adapt to a permanent surplus of calories and the invention of the automobile, so our minds are unable to acclimatise to the peculiar stresses of high-density urban living. We are, deep down, creatures of the countryside, even if most of us see less of it than ever before." (2) "Without vegetation, people are different beings." Frances Kuo, researcher (1) Residents of a Chicago housing project who lived near trees were more sociable, suffered less domestic violence, were less afraid of crime and more content with where they lived than those who didn't. (1) Office workers with a window view of nature experienced significantly more enthusiasm for their jobs and less frustration than windowless workers. (3) Hospital patients with a view of nature needed less time in the hospital and less medication than others who looked out on brick walls. (1) A University of Essex The University of Essex is a British plate glass university. It received its Royal Charter in 1965. The university's main campus is located at Wivenhoe Park on the outskirts of Colchester (the oldest recorded town in Britain) in the English county of Essex, less than a mile from (UK) study found that rural views reduce blood pressure significantly. (1) References (1) Hester Lacey lac·ey adj. Variant of lacy. in "Barking Up a Different Tree," The Independent (London), Oct 29. 1995 (2) Hugh Wilson For the Member of Parliament for Truro, see . Hugh Wilson (b. August 21, 1943) is a director, writer and actor. He is best known as the creator and executive producer of the TV series WKRP in Cincinnati and Frank's Place. in "The Green Pages: The Force of Nature," The Independent (London), Aug 29, 2005. (3) Carin Gorrie in "Nature's Path to inner Peace," Psychology Today, July 2001. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion