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A Response to Richard Louv

June 1, 2011 by Susan Bodnar

Richard Louv’s new book, “The Nature Principle’ has just been published. Following on “Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder”, a book that links many childhood disorders to a disconnection to the natural environment, Louv’s latest book (see this article in Outside) calls for an increased connection to the natural world to compensate for our increasingly […]

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Walk Therapy

May 13, 2011 by Susan Bodnar

Is sitting in a chair always the best way to work out problems? For some there is nothing more relaxing than taking a seat in the therapeutic chair and sharing. For others it can feel stifling and even hierarchical, almost an enactment of passivity or agency loss. Sitting in psychotherapy can almost embody the way […]

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