Ecotherapy & Nature-Based Therapy in Southwest Colorado
Are You Longing to Feel More Connected?
Do you crave a sense of belonging?
Do you want a space to slow down and reconnect with what feels real and alive?
Are you seeking a more grounded, embodied path to healing?
In a world that often pulls us away from our rhythms and roots, many of us feel lost, anxious, or fragmented. Ecotherapy invites you to return—to yourself, to the land, and to the deep wisdom that lives within and around you. This work is not just about symptom relief—it’s about restoring relationship with the natural world and your inner nature.
Ecotherapy offers a spacious, experiential approach to healing, one that honors the interconnectedness of all life.
What Is Ecotherapy?
Ecotherapy, or nature-based therapy, is a holistic approach to healing that weaves together psychology, ecology, mindfulness, and somatic awareness. It draws on the belief—supported by both research and ancestral wisdom—that nature itself is a co-regulator and partner in our well-being.
Through practices like outdoor sessions, mindful walking, ritual, seasonal awareness, and nature-based reflection, ecotherapy offers a way to slow down, tune in, and experience healing that is relational, embodied, and rooted in place.
My Approach to Ecotherapy
My approach to ecotherapy blends psychology with ecology, presence with place. I hold nature as an active participant in the therapeutic process—not simply a setting, but a co-regulator, guide, and mirror. This work is relational, intuitive, and embodied. Sessions are guided by the rhythms of the land, the cycles of the seasons, and the unique needs that emerge in each moment.
Rather than offering quick solutions, this work invites slowing down, tuning in, and listening deeply—to the body, to emotion, and to the natural world. Through practices like seasonal reflection, ritual, movement, and mindfulness, we allow healing to unfold through relationship, spaciousness, and trust in nature’s inherent wisdom.
“Whenever we touch nature we get clean. People who have got dirty through too much civilization take a walk in the woods, or a bath in the sea. Entering the unconscious, entering yourself through dreams, is touching nature from the inside and this is the same thing, things are put right again.”
What Ecotherapy Can Support
Ecotherapy can support you in navigating:
Stress, anxiety, and emotional overwhelm
Feeling stuck, disconnected, or uninspired
Life transitions, grief, or identity exploration
Burnout and disconnection from purpose
Longing for meaning, place, or belonging
Rewilding your nervous system and reconnecting with inner wisdom
Exploring ritual, rhythm, and the wheel of the year
Cultivating practices of presence, reciprocity, and embodied awareness
What to Expect in an Ecotherapy Session
Each session is shaped by your needs and the land we’re working with. We may:
Engage in mindfulness or grounding practices using the senses
Create a ritual to mark a life change or intention
Explore metaphors in nature that reflect your inner experience
Nature connection practices to deepen relationship
Sessions may take place on trails, in open meadows, near water, or in forested areas around Durango. You don’t need to be experienced outdoors—just open to being present.
Why Nature Matters in Healing
We are nature. And we are a piece of the greater ecosystem that we all engage in. A part of our responsibility as members of the greater web of life is to engage in acknowledgement, connection, reciprocity, and gratitude. Modern life often disconnects us from the natural rhythms that regulate and restore us. When we return to the pace of the natural world, we remember how to breathe deeper, listen inward, and feel more fully alive.
Nature offers more than beauty—it offers belonging. It teaches us how to be in relationship, how to witness change, and how to be held without judgment. Whether you’re laying in the grass or walking under the trees, ecotherapy can be a practice of remembering who you are beneath the noise.
Is Ecotherapy Right for You?
This work might resonate if you:
Feel disconnected from your body or sense of direction
Are drawn to nature and want to integrate it into your healing
Are moving through a transition and want ritual or space to honor it
Seek a deeper sense of purpose, rhythm, or belonging
Want to experience therapy in a non-traditional, embodied way
You don’t need to know how to begin. You just need a sense that nature is calling you closer.
Begin Your Ecotherapy Journey
I offer nature-based sessions in Durango, Colorado, Bayfield, Colorado, as well as online ecotherapy for clients across the state.
In-person outdoor sessions in Durango and Bayfield
Ritual and seasonal practices for life transitions
Online sessions that incorporate nature-based prompts, journaling, and reflection
Reach out to schedule a consultation. Let’s explore how ecotherapy can support your healing, your wholeness, and your return to the wild intelligence within you.
