Professional Online Ecotherapy Learning Objectives for LGBTQ

Online Ecotherapy Learning Objectives for LGBTQ

#1: Describe their relationship with the natural world from a foundation of respect for the interconnectedness and sovereignty of all of life including the indigeneity of queerness in the natural world.
#2: Create and carry out a personalized, consistent nature practice, including attention to participants’ physical health.
#3: Describe the role of nature connection practices in the therapeutic process, especially how they relate to LGBTQ+ people.
#4: Explain how we are nature and are a part of nature and how individual health is connected to the health of all beings on the Earth.
#5: Discuss the range of feelings and experiences that may arise while working outdoors depending upon historical and sociocultural dynamics, particularly in reference to queer people’s history reaching back through pre-modernity.
#6: Describe three aspects of an outdoor ecotherapy session for an individual.
#7: Describe how The Work that Reconnects offers an expanded view for understanding and attending to client depression, anxiety, and grief and supports a shift towards hope and activism.
#8: Explain the special considerations to include in an outdoor ecotherapy gathering that support reciprocal, respectful connection to the natural world, safety and integration.
#9: Describe the important elements of preparation for an individual or group ritual, with particular attention to safety for queer folks in group settings.
#10: Apply a respectful, relational protocol that acknowledges the indigenous people of the land when introducing yourself and the land.
#11: Describe three indoor or telehealth ecotherapy practices appropriate for individual clients.
#12: Explain settler colonialism and how to avoid perpetuating it in your Ecotherapy practice, as well as how to avoid cultural appropriation.
#13: Describe the special roles queer folks have played as shamans, priests, and spiritual guides in indigenous societies.
#14: Analyze the impact of outdoor work with a particular client with regard to their treatment goals and the therapeutic relationship, reflecting on the differences that arise when working with queer people, in particular.
#15: Explain three practical, legal or ethical issues involved in outdoor ecotherapy sessions.
#16: Demonstrate a variety of skills (including queer-informed ones) to facilitate clients deepening their relationship with the natural world.
#17: Demonstrate and write about a case where they implemented ecotherapeutic interventions, including reflection on specific ways queerness arises and is attended to in that case.
#18: Prepare an outline for an LGBTQ+ oriented ecotherapy group, ritual or workshop for your client population.