Nature Therapy Trainings
Nature Therapy and Ecotherapy Training Can Help Breathe Life, Movement, and Creativity into Your Work
Are you a therapist, educator or healing practitioner looking to integrate nature connection and cutting edge ecotherapy tools into your work with others?
A healing and reflective space, nature-connection can transform the way your clients or students understand themselves, mark meaningful transitions in their lives, process pain and loss, and learn practices to regulate their nervous systems.
If you work with individuals who suffer from the effects of anxiety, stress, trauma, physical pain, or simply the challenges of life transition or life on this planet, there may be great benefit to expanding your skillset to incorporate holistic, nature-based interventions into your practice.
At the Somatic Nature Therapy Institute, our therapists are expertly trained in the practices of ecotherapy, ecopsychology, nature, wilderness, and adventure therapy. We have decades of experience training practitioners, as well as working directly with clients in these areas. Our Nature Therapy training opportunities provide you experiential skills and practices that enhance both your professional and personal confidence, presence, and well-being.
To learn about our Nature Therapy and Ecotherapy trainings, read more below.
Who Can Benefit from Nature Therapy and Ecotherapy Training?
We offer a variety of certificate programs to helping professionals who want to incorporate nature-based ecotherapy tools and techniques into their healing work with others. Note that while there are some opportunities to receive professional CE credits, there is no licensing requirement to participate.
Some examples of the practitioners we train are:
Counselors and therapists
Life coaches
Social workers
Yoga instructors and other somatic practitioners
Educators of all kinds
Energy healers
The goal of our training is to deepen your personal relationship with nature, learn to collaborate with the natural world in the healing process, work outdoors in an ethical and safe manner, and understand key concepts of Nature Therapy.
Nature Therapy and Ecotherapy Training Opportunities
Our Nature-Based Therapy Training is available in person and online, depending on which course you take.
Read more about the trainings we offer and the application process below:
Collaborations With The
Natural World
5-day in-person immersive experience
Uncovering Genius – Nature-Based Parts Work Training
5-day in-person immersive experience
Connecting with Ground: Ecotherapy Training for Trauma & Attachment
5-day in-person immersive experience
Honoring Change:
Ceremony & Rites of Passage
5-day in-person immersive experience
Intro to Therapeutic Nature-Based Interventions
8-week live online training program
What You'll Get In Our Nature-Based Therapy Tranings
In addition to extensive theory in ecotherapy, adventure, wilderness, and other forms of nature therapy, our training courses provide you with a myriad of practical exercises you can immediately utilize with clients. Not only will you develop a better understanding of the “Why” behind nature-based therapeutic concepts, you’ll also have meaningful opportunities throughout to experience and practice interventions in real-time.
To learn more or to put in an application for one of our trainings, go to the specific program page of interest.
If you have questions for us, send us an email with your wonderings.
Meet Katie Asmus MA, LPC, BMP, our Practice Founder and Lead Trainer
Katie Asmus has been collaborating with nature in the fields of Outdoor Education, Ecotherapy, Wilderness, Nature, and Adventure Therapy for more than 30 years. In fact, she is among the first in the nation and world to offer independant therapeutic training in Ecotherapy and nature-based interventions.
Since 2000, Katie has provided training for graduate students and professionals in these theories and practices, supporting the development of the MA Wilderness Therapy program at The Naropa University and the MA Adventure Therapy and Ecotherapy programs at Prescott College. She presents at conferences and trains therapeutic practitioners nationally and internationally on related topics.
Currently, Katie serves as the U.S. Representative for the Adventure Therapy International Conference Community, and recently received the 2023 Heart of Adventure Therapy Award at the International AEE (Association for Experiential Education) conference.
Read more about Katie’s background and experience here.
Let Us Guide You in Enhancing Your Personal and Professional Life Through Nature
Training in Nature-Based Therapy interventions provides holistic and embodied learning that will increase your skill set, confidence, creativity, earning potential, and overall job satisfaction. To learn more about our certificate programs in Nature Therapy and Ecotherapy, contact us.