What: Conservation Psychology Institute (CPI) Program
When: July 25-29, 2011
Where: Antioch University New England, Keene, NH

AUNE Campus

This week long summer intensive program brings together scholars, students, professionals and a gifted psychology and organizational development faculty to explore how the tools of psychology can be used in a wide range of effective conservation and sustainability practices. Participants will gain a better understanding of the complex social, emotional, cognitive, behavioral and experiential dynamics inherent to conservation issues and effective strategies for sustainability leadership.

Topics to be covered include the determinants of diverse environmental worldviews and behaviors; ways to understand and work with emotional responses to environmental issues; and design of effective educational, behavior change and organizational leadership initiatives. Students will be guided to applying psychological perspectives to work in contexts such as conservation biology; environmental education programs; zoos, aquariums and museums; climate change mitigation or adaptation programs; resource management and land use planning; municipal sustainability programs; green business and organizations; and in private and public sphere environmental advocacy.

The course includes small group learning, individual mentoring, real-world case studies and field experiences.

Who would benefit from this program?

• Educators, researchers and students in various disciplines interested in conservation psychology.
• Conservation or sustainability professionals in the Northeastern U.S. and beyond, including those in federal, state or local government agencies and nonprofit organizations.
• Environmental and sustainability advocates.
• Individuals from other green organizations and businesses interested in learning about conservation psychology principles.

CPI Faculty

Carol Saunders – Antioch University New England
Wesley Schultz – California State University, San Marcos
Thomas Doherty – Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education & Counseling
Abigail Abrash Walton – Antioch University New England

About the Institute

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For more information contact: Conservation Psychology Summer Institute, Antioch University New England, 603.283.2122 or email jcalhoun@antioch.edu.

In this low-cost Couples Workshop, Dr. Thomas Joseph Doherty will discuss the added pleasures and stresses that “green” issues bring to modern relationships. He’ll provide tips on how to talk about eco-values and lifestyle choices with your significant other, ways to accept and work with differences, and how to recognize when differing environmental agendas can become relationship deal-breakers. Along with an informative lecture, there will be time for personal reflection, couples discussions, and large group sharing.

This event is open to all kinds of couples and is not a therapy group.

Couples Workshop

Date: April 2nd, 2011
Time: 1 PM – 4:30 PM
Cost: $20 per person / $40 per couple
$25 / $50 after March 25th

Location:
3727 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
Second Floor Conference Room
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To register see our website:
http://bit.ly/eXI7NI

For more information: Call 503.288.1213
or email clientcare@selfsustain.com

Previous Related Press:

• FEB 2010 :: Green Counselors • New Hampshire Public Radio
  

Thomas Doherty talked with Virginia Prescott from New Hampshire Public Radio’s Word Of Mouth as part of their “Next Green Thing” series about helping couples resolve their environmental disagreements.

See article and interview below as published originally HERE.

• JAN 2010 :: Thomas Doherty on the Tim Conway Jr. Show • KFI AM 640 in Los Angeles

Thomas Doherty talked with Los Angeles radio personality Tim Conway, Jr. from KFI AM 640 in Los Angeles about increased environmental awareness in couples. Tim shared his humorous take on “green fights” in modern marriages.

• JAN 2010 :: Preserving the Planet, Straining the Relationship: Therapists Report Increase in Green Disputes

Thomas Doherty was interviewed in The New York Times about ecological concerns as they affect family and relationships.

See article below as published originally HERE.

Weekend Workshop

Master of Two Worlds: Manifesting Personal Sustainability in Your Life and Work

Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California

April 22-24, 2011

Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA

Join Thomas Doherty for a special Earth Day workshop that weaves insights from the social sciences, psychology, and mind-body health and enjoy a retreat at the beautiful Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California.

The title is inspired by the final stage of the archetypal hero’s journey: Once a hero has completed his or her trials and adventures, their challenge is to manifest their vision in the “real world” of community and society—to be a “Master of Two Worlds.” The workshop is designed to support individuals who carry a vision of sustainability and who labor daily to foster their vision in their own lives, and in their families, communities and organizations.

For registration details visit: http://webapp.esalen.org/workshops/9302

Public Talk & Couples Workshop

“How Green is Your Love?”

At the March 1, 2011 Green Drinks networking event, and at a follow up couples workshop on April 2, 2011, Thomas Doherty will discuss the added stresses and pleasures that “green” issues bring to modern relationships.

He’ll provide tips on how to talk about eco-values and lifestyle choices with your significant others, ways to accept and work with differences, and how to recognize when differing environmental agendas can become relationship deal-breakers.

Green Drinks Networking Event
Date: March 1, 2010
Location: Ecotrust BFJ Conference Center, 2nd Floor
721 NW Ninth Ave. Portland, OR, 97208
Time: 7:00 PM

Green Drinks requests a $5.00 donation.

For more information see this link.

Couples Workshop
Date: April 2, 2011
Time: 1-4:30 PM
Please see our website for location and registration information.

For Counseling Professionals

Emerging Trends in Ecotherapy

Thomas Doherty teams with psychologist Patricia Hasbach to present this continuing education workshop, sponsored by the Lewis & Clark Center for Community Engagement.

Participants will receive an orientation to the historical background and theoretical approaches associated with ecotherapy, learn applications of ecotherapy in counseling and healthcare settings, and explore opportunities for integrating ecotherapy practices into their personal and professional lives.

Portland Audubon Society
Date: Friday, April 8
Time: 9am – 5pm

For registration information see this link.

Thomas Doherty will be presenting two talks at Antioch University New England on Friday, December 3rd and Monday, December 6th.

Environmental Studies Colloquium Series: Thomas Doherty “Master of Two Worlds”

Psychology Tools for Conservation Professionals

Date: Friday, 12/3/10
Time: 11:30-12:45
Place: Dance Studio

Clinical psychologist and Antioch alumni Thomas Doherty will introduce the model of personal sustainability he uses with his clients and describe research and practices for promoting diverse environmental identities, personally meaningful conservation behaviors, and resilience in the face of environmental catastrophe. He will describe the complex pathways to environmentally significant behavior and ways to work with positive and negative emotions to foster motivation, creativity, and equanimity, and to avoid push back.

The Master of Two Worlds metaphor, drawn from the archetypal Hero’s Journey, provides a useful model for agents of change who carry a vision of sustainability and labor to foster their vision in their families, organizations, and communities.

This event is free and open to the public

For more information, please contact:
Alesia Maltz
603-283-2329
amaltz@antioch.edu

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Psychology and Global Climate Change

Date: Monday, 12/6/10
Time: 11:45-12:45
Place: Community Room

Antioch University New England alumnus Thomas Doherty will share his experiences serving on the recent American Psychological Association Task Force on Global Climate Change and report from his recent manuscript on the psychological impacts of climate change. He will describe how the recognition of psychological impacts can validate individuals’ emotional reactions to climate change and inform effective mitigation and adaptation efforts.

The New York Times prominently featured Doherty in a January 2010 article, calling him “the most prominent American advocate of a growing discipline known as ecopsychology.” Please join us for this informative and timely presentation.

For more information, please contact:

Abigail Abrash Walton
603.283.2344
aabrash@antioch.edu

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Manifesting Personal Sustainability in Your Life and Work

Weekend of April 22-24, 2011

Sunset at Esalen

In this Earth Day workshop, Thomas Joseph Doherty, a specialist in ecopsychology, will weave insights from neuroscience, environmental psychology, and mind-body health to present a model of personal sustainability. Thomas will share practices that he uses in his ecopsychology practice to help individuals recognize and validate their emotions about the current environmental situation, develop practices of mindfulness and acceptance, nurture themselves, celebrate their connections to the natural world, and most importantly, to engage in grounded action that manifests their unique sustainability vision and avoids burnout over the long haul.

The title of this workshop is inspired by the final stage of the archetypal hero’s journey: Once a hero has completed his or her trials and adventures, the challenge is to manifest the vision of possibility brought back from the “extraordinary world” into the “real world” of community and society—to be a Master of Two Worlds (M2W). Thomas will show how the M2W model can support agents of change who carry a vision of sustainability and who labor daily to foster their vision in their families, organizations, and communities.

Along the way, Thomas will detail research on the benefits of green spaces for stress reduction and productivity, the diverse ways people understand their connections to the natural world, how to cope with issues like global climate change, and how the M2W perspective corresponds with research on leadership, motivation, and resilience.

• CEUs available for psychologists.

• CEUs available for MFTs and LCSWs.

• Reservations Information (Accommodations & Pricing)

Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA

Once home to a Native American tribe known as the Essalen, Esalen is situated on 27 acres of spectacular Big Sur coastline with the Santa Lucia Mountains rising sharply behind. The Esalen Institute was founded in 1962 as an alternative educational center devoted to the exploration of what Aldous Huxley called the “human potential,” the world of unrealized human capacities that lies beyond the imagination.

Esalen soon became known for its blend of East/West philosophies, its experiential/didactic workshops, the steady influx of philosophers, psychologists, artists, and religious thinkers, and its breathtaking grounds blessed with natural hot springs.

Visit the Esalen website: http://www.esalen.org for more details about this special location.

Friends of the Earth & Psychologists for Social Responsibility (PsySR)
Strategy Session
The Role of Psychology in Environmental Campaigning and Activism
Speaker: Master of Two Worlds: Psychology Tools for Agents of Change

Saturday September 25 – Sunday September 26
Portland, OR

Foundations of Ecopsychology
Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Counseling

COURSE DETAILS

Friday October 1
Gleneden Beach, Oregon

33rd Annual Nurse Practitioners of Oregon Education Conference
Speaker: Self-Sustainability: Keeping Motivation and Inspiration in Our Lives

DETAILS

Friday October 15 – Friday October 17
San Rafael, CA

Bioneers 2010 Conference: Revolution from the Heart of Nature
Panelist: Ecopsychology Emerging

REGISTER HERE

Friday October 29
Silverton, OR

Oregon Counseling Association – ORCA
2010 Annual Fall Conference
Keynote & Workshop: Ecotherapy & Nature Based Stress Reduction

REGISTER HERE

Thursday November 18
12:oo pm-1:13 pm
Online - Webinar

The International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP)
Webinar
Speaker: Master of Two Worlds: Negotiating the emotional terrain in your sustainability work

DETAILS

Thomas Doherty teamed up with Explore Green to present Sustainable Self at Sundance over Labor Day Weekend.

Thomas led the group through a weekend experience that combined education on ecopsychology and mind-body health with nature-based stress management, eco-therapy and deep self-reflection.

Participants added to their restoration by enjoying massage and wellness treatments at the Sundance Spa, horseback riding, and fine dining at the Tree Room restaurant. A highlight of the weekend was a Sundance screening of the new documentary Play Again and discussion with producer and workshop participant Meg Merrill.

The Ecopsychology Studies cohort at Lewis & Clark Graduate School enjoyed a great team building and nature immersion experience at our annual summer Wilderness Therapy Intensive class. Following a morning of orientation and lecture at the Lewis and Clark Campus in Portland, the group spent the rest of the week camping at nearby Battleground Lake State Park in Southwestern, Washington. Course activities included group outdoor living, a sequence of adventure challenges, hands-on lessons about ecotherapy and the restorative benefits of natural settings, fireside counseling training groups, and a solo experience. A highlight of our week was a thrilling trip down the wild & scenic White Salmon River led by the expert guides of the Wet Planet rafting company. The raft trip culminated in a running of Husum Falls, an optional challenge taken on by the group. Husum Falls is one of the highest commercially run white water “drops” in North America.

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Identity, Coping And Thriving In An Ecological Age

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In this exclusive and timely weekend workshop and film premiere, Dr. Thomas Doherty, a specialist in the psychology of human-nature relationship and environmental issues, will lead participants in a journey of personal discovery and restoration within the beautiful Sundance Resort and the Wasatch Range.

Dr. Doherty—called by The New York Times “the most prominent American advocate of a growing discipline of ecopsychology” — will weave insights from neuroscience, environmental psychology, and mind-body health to create a model of personal sustainability.

Dr. Doherty’s Complete Bio on Explore Green

Participants are invited to the Sundance premiere of “Play Again” an award-winning documentary by Meg Merrill and Tonje Hessen Schei.

Click here to view the Play Again trailer

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 3

7:30 PM: The Promise of Ecopsychology

This 90-minute talk will discuss the psychology of environmental issues and human-nature relationships, with a focus on how people develop their beliefs and behaviors regarding the natural environment and ways to cope with stressful events like the current Gulf oil spill.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 4

9:00 AM: Nature-Based Stress Reduction

This 2-hour workshop will provide hands-on experience of stress management techniques and mindfulness meditation in natural settings, with a focus on developing motivation and peace of mind regarding the current environmental crisis. The workshop will include an indoor orientation and non-strenuous outdoor activities.

1:00 PM: Positive Psychology and the Environment

In this 2-hour outdoor workshop participants will nurture themselves and celebrate their connections to nature. Dr. Doherty will highlight topics such as the positive and inspiring emotions and experiences people experience in beautiful natural settings, the history of peoples’ sense of place, and the possibility of an expanded “ecological self.”

8:00 PM: Sundance Premiere of “Play Again” with commentary by the film’s producer, Meg Merrill

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 5

11:00 AM: Grounded Action

This 90 Minute workshop is the capstone to our weekend. Participants will identify useful personal sustainability practices, and goals and strategies for effective environmental engagement that make sense in the context of their lives.

TO ENROLL:

$250 per person
Students: $100.
for all weekend activities and film premiere.

Sundance Resort will provide a special
discounted room rate for the weekend.

Call 1-801-223-4006 and ask for Mara Gabis
to book your reservation.

About Sundance Resort: Nestled at the base of Utah’s 12,000-foot Mt. Timpanogos, Sundance is a 6,000-acre community destination resort, dedicated to maintaining the balance of art, nature and community. Created by Robert Redford, Sundance is a haven for discovery and inspiration that offers diverse mountain recreation experiences year round. Only an hour’s drive from Salt Lake City and 45 minutes from Park City, Sundance is the resort you’ve dreamed about. Sundance features 95 rustically elegant mountain cottages and 10 mountain homes that echo the simplicity of the natural setting. Award-winning dining, a Native American-inspired spa, horseback riding, mountain biking and hiking and an Art Shack that features classes in painting, pottery and jewelry making make Sundance the perfect mountain getaway.

To visit the Sundance website, CLICK HERE

Thomas Doherty, Psy.D.

Thomas Doherty and Patricia Hasbach will be offering a one day training session on Ecotherapy at Lewis & Clark on April 16, 2010

Ecotherapy expands the scope of counseling beyond family and community systems to recognize the important role that one’s relationship with the natural world can play in health, emotions and identity across the lifespan. Ecotherapy also provides ways for counselors and healthcare providers to utilize nature contacts and connections to promote physical and mental health.

This one-day experiential workshop provides an orientation to the historical background and theoretical approaches associated with ecotherapy. We will also survey psychological research regarding human-nature relationships and conservation behaviors that point to the efficacy of ecotherapy interventions. Participants will learn applications of ecotherapy in counseling & healthcare settings and opportunities for integrating ecotherapy practices into their personal and professional lives.

Patricia Hasbach, Ph.D.

Patricia Hasbach, Ph.D. & Thomas Doherty, Psy.D. developed the Ecotherapy course at Lewis & Clark’s Graduate School of Counseling & Education. In addition to using ecopsychological methods in their own therapy and consulting practices, Thomas coordinates Lewis & Clark’s graduate Ecopsychology Studies Program, and is Editor-in-Chief of the international Ecopsychology journal; Patricia is writing and co-editing two books for MIT Press related to Ecopsychology and the rediscovery of the wild.

Emerging Trends in Ecotherapy

Friday, April 16th, 2010, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Room 101, South Campus Conference Center
Lewis & Clark

Fee for 6 CEUs:
$125 if postmarked or faxed before March 26; $140 after March 26
Lewis & Clark alumni receive a 10% discount. Lewis & Clark student fee is $40.

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