Workshops

An interactive 4-hour workshop introducing the concept of nature based therapy and how to apply it into personal and professional practice.

WHEN: Fri, 2 May 2025 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
WHERE: Online Zoom Meeting

Are you looking for a more holistic approach to your work practice that will benefit both yourself and the people you are working with?

This innovative interactive online workshop may be for you!!!

Nature Based therapy is an emerging field in both complementary therapies and holistic health treatment, which has been incorporated into the practice of many medical and mental health professions as a complementary means for treating a variety of physical, emotional, and cognitive disorders.

Nature Based Therapy is an accredited modality through the International Institute of Complimentary Therapies (IICT). This training has been endorsed by PACFA and a certificate of attendance will be issued.

Topics covered:

• Holistic Health
• Nature as co-therapist
• Applying Nature Based Therapy to counselling and group therapy programs.
• Nature Based Mindfulness
• Self-care for practitioners to avoid burnout/compassion fatigue.

Who is this training for?

• Mental Health Workers/Addiction specialists
• Occupational Therapists/Social Workers
• Psychologists/ Social & Community Service workers
• Health & Wellbeing Practitioners
• Teachers

An interactive 6-hour in-person workshop integrating nature-based interventions into professional practice through experiential learning!

WHEN: Fri, 11 July 2025 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM PDT
WHERE: Stanley Park Pavilion
610 Pipeline Road Vancouver, BC V6G 1Z4 Canada

The One Day Experience

We are at a pivotal time – for both humanity and the natural world.

Our disconnect from nature could not be more acute. We are living as if we are disconnected from the natural world. Held captive by technology and consumption we are forgetting that we are intrinsically part of the natural world. We exist within nature and nature exists within us.

We must begin to relearn how to co-exist and thrive together within our fragile and resilient ecosystem.

Learning how to connect with nature and utilize it’s embodied intelligence, strength and resilience through practices of metaphor and integration has never been more important for our own health and those that we care for in our professional practices (counselling, aged care, nursing, social work, education, plant medicine work, etc.)

Join Nature Based Therapy Founder, Kit Kline, and NBT Accreditation graduate, Sheryl Hanula, a glorious day of diving deep into the Fundamentals of Nature Based Therapy in Vancouver’s Stanley Park.

Together we will experience the co-creation of community where we will explore narrative discussions and experiential processes that are based in reflective nature practices, that honour ancient wisdom practices that colonialism tried to eradicate. You will gain a deeper understanding of how nature is both the container and catalyst for innate and intelligent health. Everything that you will experience and learn can be applied to all aspects of your personal and professional life. Each participant will have the opportunity to share their experiences to further enhance the outcomes.

Surrounded by the beauty of Stanley park, nourished by healthy foods, like minded peers and experienced facilitators each day will offer calm, reflection, presence practices and instruction in nature reflections, nature based mindfulness, nature journaling and creative arts based interventions. You will be guided through evidence based processes that will facilitate the implementation and integration of new patterns of healthy behaviour in yourself and those that you work with.

To deepen and honour what we have learned, our together will close with a tea ceremony that is grounded in reflection and integration.

Nature Based Therapy is a powerful integrative practice that works to solidify profound personal changes, allowing for improvements in mental health and wellbeing.

Join us and take the leap into a biophilic way of living, working and being.

Agenda

• 10:00 AM – Embodied Meditation & Sharing Circle & What is Nature Based Therapy
• 11:00 AM – Introduction to Early Childhood Experiences of Nature, Holistic Health Concepts
  rooted in Indigenous Worldviews, connecting to the Medicine Wheel & seasonal cycles
• 12:00 PM – 8 Dimensions of Wellness Practical Exercise – increasing self awareness through
  creativity
• 1:00 PM – Lunch Break. Go outside and connect with nature!
• 2:00 PM – Nature Based Mindfulness. Engaging our 6 senses, tuning into what our bodies
  are telling us. Connecting to our authenticity & intuition to be self empowered
• 2.30 PM – Nature Based Journaling. Practical exercise – observing the natural world and
  taking away teachings that can be applied to our personal situation or state of mind
• 3:30 PM – Sharing Circle using NB reflection cards. Review of Key Takeaways
• 4:00 PM –  Home

You’ll learn:

• Learn the key concepts of Nature Based Therapy (NBT)
• Understand the holistic health model and apply to assessment tools
• Apply nature based interventions into professional and personal practice
• Write nature prescriptions for your clients.

Who is this training for?

• Mental Health Workers/Addiction specialists
• Occupational Therapists/Social Workers
• Psychologists/ Social & Community Service workers
• Health & Wellbeing Practitioners
• Teachers
• Plant Medicine Facilitators

You’ll experience:

• Immersive nature experience, small cohort, intentional space making
• Experiential programming
• Social prescribing concepts
• Hands on learning in nature arts, nature journaling, self care
• How to apply this to your life and your work

Whats included:

• Resources: nature scripts, nature reflection cards and a nature journal to take home
• A delicious healthy lunch and snacks, tea and coffee
• Certificate of Attendance to use for CPD
• 20% discount voucher to be used towards further training in NBT