Dr. Thomas Doherty is helping to train a new generation of climate-conscious healthcare practitioners worldwide. Find expert guidance and peer support for your eco- or nature-based therapy work.
- The next series begins in April 2026. Please contact Dr. Doherty for details.
Training and Consultation is based on a three-phase process in which mental health practitioners:
- Assess their environmental identities, beliefs and experiences (including sources of wellbeing and resilience and of trauma or injustice)
- Adapt their existing therapeutic orientations and skill sets to address environmental concerns faced by their clients or patients
- Apply these interventions, as appropriate, into their counseling and treatment practices with diverse individuals
Open to practitioners across disciplines including psychotherapists, counselors, psychologists, social workers, medical professionals, and other healthcare providers.
Dr. Doherty’s practical, evidence-based approach integrates widely used techniques (e.g., client centered, existential-humanistic, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral and family systems). A special and unique value is that Dr. Doherty’s helps mental health professionals integrate findings and concepts from environmental social sciences that are not taught in clinical and counseling training programs.
Attendee Feedback:
“I had never even heard of Ecotherapy or Climate Therapy before; now I have such a powerful foundational understanding of what that is and where to begin my journey. Through this group, I was connected to a compassionate community of people who are dedicated to promoting health and well-being. Dr. Doherty creates a calm, open space where introspection and sharing come naturally. Thank you Dr. Doherty!”
Fall 2021 Attendee