Harvard Meditation and Psychotherapy Learning from Nature 2025

Meditation and Psychotherapy: Learning from Nature (2025) – [Google Drive Access]
(Fully Registered & Uploaded with Transcripts + Videos)

🌿 Course Overview

Modern society’s disconnect from nature has led to increased eco-anxiety, stress, and mental health challenges, particularly among youth. This Harvard-affiliated course bridges psychotherapy, mindfulness, and environmental science to help clinicians:
✔ Harness nature’s therapeutic benefits (evidence-based tools for mood, trauma, and resilience)
✔ Address eco-distress in patients (climate anxiety, grief, and urban disconnection)
✔ Integrate indigenous wisdom with clinical practice

📁 Format:

• Full HD videos (April 11–May 2, 2025 sessions)

• Transcripts (April 4 session included)

• Google Drive access (Lifetime/Direct download)

🎯 Learning Objectives

By completing this course, you’ll be able to:

1. Apply nature-exposure research to improve patient outcomes (mood, attention, stress).

2. Teach mindfulness techniques for urban/rural nature connection.

3. Guide trauma patients to safely engage with nature for healing.

4. Treat eco-anxiety in adults/youth with clinical strategies.

5. Incorporate indigenous practices into therapy.

6. Manage your own climate-related emotional distress as a clinician.

📅 Course Schedule & Speakers

All sessions include Q&A discussions.

April 11, 2025

• Mindfully Accessing Earth for Emotion Regulation
  Barbara Hamm, PhD & Zev Schuman-Olivier, MD
  (Trauma recovery through nature engagement)

April 18, 2025

• Compassionate Response to Climate Grief
  Kaira Jewel Lingo (Mindfulness Teacher)
  (Addressing ecological loss and disruption)

April 25, 2025

• Contemplative Practices for Eco-Anxiety
  Christopher Willard, PsyD & Dekila Chungyalpa (Environmental Scientist)
  (Tools for climate distress)

May 2, 2025

• Indigenous Wisdom in Mindfulness & Mental Health
  Bonnie Duran, DrPH (Indigenous Health Expert)

*(Note: April 4 session is transcript-only.)*

💡 Who Should Enroll?

• Therapists (LCSWs, PhDs, LMHCs)

• Psychiatrists & Psychologists

• Mindfulness Coaches

• Climate-Aware Clinicians

🔗 Access Details

• Instant Google Drive link after purchase

• Downloadable videos + PDF transcripts

• No expiry – Study at your pace

• ⚠ Note: Unofficial recording. Does not include live CME credits.