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integration of theoretical foundations

116

praxis of 58

resilience-focused narratives 119–24

respect for interconnectedness and

belonging 60, 90–3, 130–4

teaching stories 124–8

theoretical characteristics 57, 116

cf. traditional psychotherapy 56–8

understandings of suffering 57

Navajo people (American Southwest)

70–1, 95, 102, 106–7

importance of the Holy Wind 89–90

Neal, L. 64, 68

Nguyen, T. 36

Notes on the Need for Beauty (Gendler) 68

occupation, and self respect 123–4

O’Donohue, J. 69, 131

Oliver, M. 53, 60, 117, 130, 146

“Order of Interbeing” (Thay) 91–2

pain experiences 93

Palmer, P. 124

paradigm 39

paradigm shifts 38–9, 85

expressive arts and ecotherapy 45–61

through ecophilosophic approaches

90–3

Peat, F. D. 35

perception, and reciprocal interactions

88–9

Perrone, B. 102

philosophy, nature-orientated 41

planetary challenges 36–8

engaging with 38

withdrawal and distancing from 38

see also ecological and social crises

Plotkin, B. 129–30

poiesis 49

of the air we breathe 89–90

presence 50, 55, 83

ecological 117–18

Presence and Process in Expressive Arts

Work (Eberhart and Atkins) 49–50

Pritzker, B. M. 100, 102, 103

process orientation approaches to life 50,

81–2

psychopathology

and environmental degradation 52

as normal reaction to a stressed world

90

psychotherapy

cf. nature-based expressive arts therapy

57–8

dominant narratives of 33, 37–8, 56

goals of 58

methods (praxis) 58

understandings of suffering 57

Pueblo people (American Southwest) 95,

100–2

Qualla Boundary 103

Quecha people (Bolivia and Peru) 95,

99–100, 108

reciprocity 49, 53, 54–5, 65, 88–9

see also interconnectedness

reframing pathology 53–4

relational presence 50

see also ecological presence

relationships

ecology of 79–81

importance of community 105–6

intimacy with all others 89–90

see also interconnectedness; reciprocity

resilience 55, 119–22

and ecorenewal 120–1

resource-based approaches 49–50

rhizomatic relationships 34–5, 55, 115–16

Richards, M. C. 33, 35–6, 67

Rilke, R. M. 131

rituals and ceremonies 60, 108–10

cleansing breaths 124–6

offerings and gifts 63–4

sand paintings 71

seasonal connections 77–8, 101–2

sun salutations 104

and teaching 124–6

truth mandala 93–4

root and tree metaphors 34–5, 55, 81,

95

Rose, Dr. Liz 120

Roszak, T. 52–3