| Ecotherapy | | | | despite this air of superiority we still retain primal animal |
| What is Ecotherapy? | | | | instincts that manifest themselves when we become |
| It is well known that the first and perhaps the major | | | | mentally ill, are under stress or a perceived threat. |
| symptoms of stress or mental illness is the breakdown | | | | Some people advocate that ecotherapy is about |
| between a person and the people around them. The | | | | mending this rift between people and nature in order to |
| effect of this can be seen in the home and the work | | | | become whole, reconnect with the natural world |
| place leading to erratic behaviour, strained relationships | | | | around us, and put an end to a vicious circle of abuse |
| and social isolation. There is also an ecological element | | | | through direct experience of wild nature. Incorporated |
| to this condition, we as humans suffer these problems | | | | within ecotherapy is the awareness of current |
| because we have the ability to think and reason, | | | | ecological issues and the sustainability of our life style |
| therefore we may see ourselves as being apart and | | | | with regard to the damage it does to planet Earth. |
| perhaps superior to the natural world. However, | | | | |