Description:
OPD Points: 5
Learning OutcomesBy the end of the webinar, you will have the opportunity to:1. Learn the foundations of nature based therapy2. Apply knowledges into practice3. Create your very own self-care practice
Key Learning Objectives / Outcomes:
This webinar will invite participants to think about their own personal connection to nature. Participants will be introduced to the basic foundations of nature based therapy and how they can be applied to various settings. It will offer an interactive component where participants can experience nature connection and share this with the group for further learning and reflection. Nature based therapy can be applied both indoors and outdoors and focuses on the concept that nature is co-therapist and our observations of nature can allow us to reflect and understand our inner world better.
Presenter / Provider:
Kit Kline
Presenter Qualifications:
Kit Kline, the founder of Nature Based Therapy, is a decedent of the Wampanoag people on her paternal side and is a member of the Sou’West Nova Metis Council. Kit has always felt a strong connection to her Indigenous ancestry and believes her philosophy on health and wellness derives from this connection. Kit is a social worker (MSW) and has over 20 years’ experience working in the social and community services sector with both public and private health services specialising in mental health and addictions. She established the modality Nature Based Therapy due to the success she was having with the people she was working with when she incorporated ‘nature’ into her work practice. Kit currently offers a training program in nature based therapy, is employed as a therapeutic counsellor and has her own private practice.
