Ecotherapy is a nature-based therapeutic approach that recognises our deep and reciprocal relationship with the Earth. It invites us to reawaken our connection to the more-than-human world—plants, animals, elements, seasons, landscapes—as vital to our health, wellbeing and sense of belonging.

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Informed by diverse Indigenous knowledge systems, ancestral wisdom, depth psychology, deep ecology, and eco-centric worldviews, ecotherapy challenges the Western notion of separation between humans and nature. Instead, it views us as part of an interconnected web of life, with the Earth not just as backdrop, but as co-participant in our healing and transformation.

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Ecotherapy can take many forms—from guided time in nature, to nature-based artmaking and storytelling, to rituals, mindfulness, and sensory awareness practices. It can be done outdoors in natural settings or brought indoors through creative, symbolic and imaginal processes that reconnect us with the living world.

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Spending time in nature is known to support emotional regulation, reduce stress, increase resilience, and foster a sense of calm, awe, and meaning. Ecotherapy can deepen these benefits by creating space to reflect on the ways we relate to nature—and how nature, in turn, relates to us.

In a time of ecological crisis, many people experience eco-anxiety, grief, disconnection, or helplessness. Ecotherapy offers a compassionate container to explore these feelings. It supports us to grieve what is being lost, reconnect with what we love, and reimagine our place in the world in a more rooted, relational, and hopeful way.

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At its heart, ecotherapy helps us remember that we are not separate from nature, but of it. Through this reconnection, we can experience greater wholeness, resilience, and a sense of homecoming—to both the Earth and ourselves.