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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"ecopsychology"”.
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Ecopsychology, Mindfulness, and Art Therapy Interventions to Reduce Emotional Dysregulation in the Nonsuicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) Population
… much needed research on the healing benefits of Ecopsychology and Art Therapy, as well as emotion regulation strategies and mindful awareness in the NSSI population.</p>
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Nature therapy : developing a framework for practice
… work to widen the person-to-person discourse. Ecopsychology invites people to expand their relationships beyond the 'person-to-person' relationship into one which will include nature. Despite its nature-oriented philosophy, however, Ecopsychology has not yet articulated into a therapeutic form, …
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Eco-Art therapy's Effect on Existential Well-Being and Connectedness to Nature with Families Experiencing Bereavement
… experience loss of a family member. The proposed ecopsychology art therapy group will serve as an adjunct to an existing hospice bereavement program through VITAS hospice services. The goal of this study is to identify individual grief reactions, level of existential well-being and connectedness …
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Phenomenology in a wetsuit : understanding biophilia in pacific coastal environments
… Drawing from phenomenological psychology, ecopsychology, outdoor adventure training, and biophilia literature, I sought to answer the questions (1) if, and how, individuals develop emotional relationships with coastal environments; (2) what role the ocean plays in emotional change; (3) how …
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Silence, Absence, And Mystery In Linda Hogan's Mean Spirit, Solar Storms, And Power
… benefits from ecocriticism, ecofeminism, and ecopsychology. Also, because of various interpretations that open up when silence is examined, theories of deconstruction strengthen the thesis. Ultimately, Hogan's characters move from silence as a form of tyranny to silence as a form of …
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Healed. Womxn. Empowered.: creating healing spaces for women in places of conflict in Nyanga
… health) and theories such as ecotherapy and ecopsychology to understand how the landscape can be used to provide a safe and healing environment for local women. Healing typically consists of cognitive restructuring (changing ideas around self-worth) and, in this study, it is explored at two …
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Constructing, Consuming, and Complicating the Human-Nature Binary: Communication Practices in Forest Environmental Education
… among adults and children. Incorporating ecopsychology and the environmental communication concept of "mediation," I argue that the metaphor of schizophrenia allows environmental degradation and environmental education to be conceptualized and addressed differently and enables the …
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A room of one's own, revisited: An existential-hermeneutic study of female solitude
This study presents an existential-hermeneutic analysis of nine women's first-person accounts of extended periods of solitude. The accounts were analyzed along the five existential dimensions of spatiality, temporality, embodiment, language, and co-existentiality, producing a rich portrait of the …
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'It is I Who Am Transforming': Mining, Capitalism, and the Conscious Earth
This dissertation is guided by one underlying research question: How does one transform an environmentally destructive society? The society in question is that of the capitalist Western world. I begin with a hypothesis: the inherent destruction of the West is rooted in perceived human-Earth …
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The Inner work at work : researching emotional and affective dimensions within employee sustainability programs
This research explores the emotional and affective experiences of staff volunteers who lead environmental sustainability initiatives in their workplaces. My in-depth interviews and analysis are situated in a psychoanalytically and psycho-socially oriented approach to environmental engagement, which …
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The unsaid : when climate change hits home
This study uses an in-depth Dialogic Relational Interview method to explore how six residents who experienced flooding in their homes engaged with the 2013 Calgary flood as a climate-change event. Drawing on the theory and methods of psychoanalysis and discursive psychology, transcript analysis …
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Freedom to Be - An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Experience of Connection with Nature in the Forest
This qualitative phenomenological study explores the experience of connection with nature in the forest setting. Research on nature-based therapies and health promotion interventions suggests that connecting with nature is important to receive optimal health benefits from nature contact. The …
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Negotiating Place: Multiscapes And Negotiation In Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood
In Murakami's Norwegian Wood, romance and coming-of-age confront the growing trend of postmodernity that leads to a discontinuity of life becoming more and more common in post-war Japan. As the narrator struggles through a monotonous daily existence, the text gives the reader access to the …
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Mobile People, Mobile God: Mobile Societies, Monotheism, and the Effects of Ecological Landscapes on the Development of Ancient Religions
<p>Despite the wealth of scholarship concerning the origins of religious beliefs, practices, and cultures, there has been little consideration of the impact of ecological landscapes on the development of ancient religions. Although the influence of the natural environment is considered among the …
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RECLAIMING HEALING SPACES: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF OUTDOOR THERAPY FROM THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF BLACK CLINICIANS WORKING WITH BLACK CLIENTS
<p>This phenomenological study involved assessing the experiences of Black therapists who engaged Black clients in outdoor therapeutic contexts. The study was founded on the existing literature that shows the quality of the therapeutic relationship is pivotal for client retention and the Western …