What We Offer
In my work, Nature is seen and experienced as a therapeutic partner.
I facilitate sessions at different levels and in different realms: well-being, therapeutic and deeper nature exploration, depending on the requirements. I offer all of the above to individuals and groups, both in person and, whenever possible, online.
In my sessions, I am offering a welcoming, safe, authentic, accepting, and nurturing space, conducive to depth.
In individual sessions, the focus is very much on the personal journey, in relation to the natural world – what is also known as the “more (or other)-than-human” world.
In groupwork, the container is different, and the group process takes priority, but each individual process must and will account to the group process – as it is an individual and group process at once.
I work with individuals and groups in person in England and in Italy, and online internationally.
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At Anima Viridis, we offer
SESSIONS
COURSES
WORKSHOPS
TRAINING
These are our services
One-to-One Ecotherapy Sessions in Nature
These are individual tailor-made sessions in which Nature is seen and experienced as a therapeutic partner. Nature works alongside us to facilitate well-being, or to allow a deeper exploration. Ecotherapy can be as gentle or as challenging as you want to make it. Be supported by Nature as a mirror to find meaning and deeper understanding in your life.
Individual sessions can also be used to address blocks, issues related to trauma, anxiety, relationships, grief, or simply to increase well-being, strengthen a sense of personal agency, and/or connection. Deeper Nature sessions can also be used to explore one’s sense of direction and purpose, or to facilitate a deeper search (‘soulwork’).
In person: in Kew Gardens and Richmond Park, London, England; in the Alps (Dolomites and Aosta Valley), Italy. I can also travel to offer sessions close to where you are, by prior arrangement (please contact me privately for that).
Online: if distance doesn’t allow a meeting in person, consider whether you would like to be facilitated in a session in your local natural surroundings or park, wherever you are. Or, to a public space, you might prefer the quiet of your own garden or balcony, if you have one. The only requirement, in this case, is to have a reliable Internet connection, and I would guide you step-by-step through the process.
One session
Six sessions
I CAN FACILITATE IN ENGLISH OR ITALIAN
A session is intended to be an hour in length.
Longer sessions can also be booked (up to two hours); in this case,
price would have to be negotiated individually, please contact me.
It is recommended to allow some time for integration.
After a session, make sure you have time for reflection or perhaps journaling,
before going back to your normal daily routine.
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Group Ecotherapy Facilitation in Nature
I offer eco-psychological group-work to deepen into aspects of exploring our connection to Nature within a communal, shared setting. The group is a safe holding space, especially for exploration of aspects of Deeper Nature. I have experience of running “Ecopsychology taster” days and “Soulcraft-inspired” days (based on Bill Plotkin’s book) over the last three summers in the Dolomites. There will be further courses, on these and other topics, in 2023 (check website regularly for that).
I also design and offer tailor-made group courses, seminars, and activities; please contact me if you are interested.
Some courses will also be offered within MUSE (Mediterranean Unitive School of Ecopsychology), and a separate programme will be devised for training ecopsychology practitioners. Please check the MUSE website. [Please note: the site for the school is currently under construction; when ready, the link will appear here].
One session
I also design and offer tailor-made group courses, seminars and activities.
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Shamanic Consultations in Nature
I have trained to include shamanic techniques into nature-based work. More than a standard shamanic consultation, however, here the idea is to use a shamanic approach to assist the participant in his or her own exploration in nature.
This can be done in the form of calling for the help of a spirit guide or a power animal, but in my view, the added value lies in taking this type of work outdoors, and in calling the help of living spirits present in the setting where the session is taking place.
I have attended courses with Christa McKinnon, an authority in the field of shamanic studies, so I can also offer standard shamanic journeys (to be led in person, indoors or online), should you wish to.
A consultation is typically roughly an hour in length, but I prefer this type of process to unfold organically, rather than setting a rigid time frame. Please contact me if you are interested.
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Alchemical Dreamwork
Dreamwork is seen as sacred work in ecotherapy: dreams convey to us messages and imagery not only from the subconscious and the unconscious, but they also represent the “dream of the Earth”.
It is important to honour them and designate a dedicated space for them within the fabric of daily life. I have been working regularly with dreams for over thirty years – first within the setting of standard psychotherapeutic practice, then gradually approaching them more and more from a depth psychology angle, and with a Jungian/Transpersonal approach.
Then I met alchemy – a honoured tradition whose origins are embedded in ancient Mediterranean and European culture. Alchemy operates based on metaphors of transformation, just like nature does, so when the two met – nature and alchemy – they influenced my way of working with dreams, too.
I do not interpret dreams, but I use an active imagination technique that helps reveal and unfold the guidance they carry.
A typical dreamwork session will take place indoors, but this work can easily be taken outdoors, too; alternatively, dreamwork can be embedded within the fabric of a standard ecotherapy session.
Dreamwork can also take place as a group; usually, in person, this happens with two facilitators.
But dreamwork sessions and circles can also take place online, and they work just as effectively.
Keep an eye on the website regularly for this kind of group offerings.