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Nature therapy, sometimes referred to as ecotherapy, forest therapy, forest bathing, grounding, earthing, Shinrin-Yoku or Sami Lok, is a practice that describes a broad group of techniques or treatments using nature to improve mental or physical health. Spending time in nature has various physiological benefits such as relaxation and stress ...
However, the interaction with nature has been considered to be a general health promoter thanks to the many benefits it brings to mental health and cognition as well. [2] As a consequence, therapists use nature in their treatments to improve mental or physical health. These treatments and techniques are called ecotherapy.
Wilderness therapy, also known as outdoor behavioral healthcare, is a treatment option for behavioral disorders, substance abuse, and mental health issues in adolescents. [1] Patients spend time living outdoors with peers.
Adventure therapy is described as nontraditional therapy allowing for the pre-therapeutic adolescent to experience their mental health issues, with several theoretical aspects: It is a physical augmentation to traditional therapy for the purpose of a shared history with the participants and the therapist
Claims: Diseases are cured through the body's "natural healing" ability which is primarily aided by practices labelled as "natural" (and not primarily by pharmaceutical drugs, surgery, and other treatments within evidence-based medicine, not seen as "natural"), comprising widely ranging "nature cures" and any form of alternative medicine that may be labelled as "natural"
Chelation therapy; Chinese food therapy; Chinese herbology; Chinese martial arts; Chinese medicine; Chinese pulse diagnosis; Chakra; Chiropractic; Chromotherapy (color therapy, colorpuncture) Cinema therapy; Coding (therapy) Coin rubbing; Colloidal silver therapy; Colon cleansing; Conversion therapy; Colon hydrotherapy (Enema) Craniosacral ...
The term psychotherapy is derived from Ancient Greek psyche (ψυχή meaning "breath; spirit; soul") and therapeia (θεραπεία "healing; medical treatment"). The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as "The treatment of disorders of the mind or personality by psychological means...", however, in earlier use, it denoted the treatment of disease through hypnotic suggestion.
The benefits of nature and feeling connected to nature may be beneficial to keep in mind when creating settings for patients at a hospital, or in therapy sessions. [4] Also, because virtual nature can provide benefits to people (but in a less dramatic way), this may be one way for people who cannot get out in nature to reap some of its benefits ...