Topic: ecopsychology
Video: Grad student seeks balance, skates through school
6 May 2009
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- Living Portland
Erin Parker, now in her second year of graduate school, has been wearing several hats while studying community counseling to become a therapist. Parker is well known to Portland roller derby fans as November Pain. Throughout her intense graduate program, Parker has managed to practice three to four days a week at the roller derby track [...]
Video: Therapy with a dose of nature
12 December 2008
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- Engaging our World
A lot of attention is paid to the environmental impact of living in a global economy and consumer-centric culture but the psychological impact of a consumer-driven culture is often ignored. To combat these unhealthy trends, psychologists are discovering the benefits of connecting people to nature to treat depression, stress and addictions, as well as attention deficit [...]
Nature: The remedy for holiday stress
19 December 2007
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- Living Portland
(Portland, Ore.)—A lot of attention is paid to the environmental impact of living in a global economy and consumer-centric culture but the psychological impact of a consumer-driven culture is often ignored. Thomas Doherty, an adjunct faculty member in counseling and psychology and practitioner of eco-based therapies, talks about the negative affects the holidays can have [...]