Ethical, Logistical and Practical Considerations for Outdoor Therapy Webinar
Ethical, Logistical and Practical Considerations for Outdoor Therapy
Have you ever wondered how working outdoors with clients could enhance their therapeutic process? Or perhaps you're asking, “Is it safe and ethical to incorporate nature into my sessions if I don’t have formal wilderness therapy training?”
Sign up for a recording of our free webinar on integrating nature into therapeutic work in ways that feel meaningful, ethical, and accessible. If you’ve been wondering how to safely and ethically incorporate nature into your therapy or coaching practice—but don’t know where to start—this session is for you.
We'll explore:
Key ethical and safety considerations for outdoor therapy
Confidently navigating informed consent & risk management
What to bring and how to prepare for outdoor sessions
Common challenges and how to overcome them
Resources for further training and support
About Your Facilitators
With over 3 decades of experience in outdoor education, therapy, teaching,and rites of passage guiding, Katie Asmus, MA, BMP, LPC, the founder of the Somatic Nature Therapy Institute, is an expert facilitator and educator on nature-based therapeutic interventions.
Katie started her career as an instructor for Outward Bound and after becoming a clinician, began training outdoor educators and facilitators how to identify and address trauma and panic responses among students on wilderness trips.
Katie also has had a 25-plus-year career working with therapy and coaching clients and teaching graduate-level wilderness therapy, adventure therapy, ecotherapy, and somatic therapy at Naropa University and Prescott College.
She is a skilled facilitator, educator, speaker, and therapist who has trained practitioners internationally in somatic and nature-based interventions for working with trauma, attachment, and nervous system regulation with a strong emphasis on parts work. Katie also focuses on incorporating ceremony and rites of passage into healing work in order to honor life transitions. She has developed a number of professional trainings for helping professionals in these areas, has presented internationally for over 25 years, published a variety of writings, and has been a frequent guest on podcasts and as a speaker in international communities. She is passionate about sharing the many ways nature connection can be woven into the therapeutic process and empowering practitioners to lean into the inherent wisdom of the natural world.
Angela believes that our capacity to evolve and grow is earth shattering, just like the roots of a tree. She is the founder of Expanding Roots Integrative Wellness and co-founder of the Sacred Path Healing Center, a collaborative of integrative practitioners in Boulder, Colorado. Angela is an integrative psychotherapist, wilderness therapist, group facilitator, supervisor, and teaches at the Naropa Graduate School of Psychology as well as with the Somatic Nature Therapy Institute. She has been working in the mental health field for over 15 years.