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The word "ecopsychology" was coined by Theodore Roszak in his 1992 book, The Voice of the Earth, in which he says, " ecopsychology seeks to heal the more fundamental alienation between the person and the natural environment." |
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Christina Brittain, MS, PhD, is an ecopsychologist, Holistic Healer, Visioning~Wisdom guide, ceremony celebrant~officiant, Celtic scholar, and founder of EcoPlace Center for Natural Wellness based on applied psychology and integrated Ecology. Her unique, blended practice of nature-based journeying, soul revival, sensory visioning, and enlightened self-discovery have emerged through years of personal experience, research, and study, and spiritual practice. Christina edited and, with Dr. Michael Cohen, co-authored Web of Life Imperative: Regenerative Ecopsychology Techniques That Help People Think in Balance With Natural Systems. She created "I am Nature's Shining STAR" for children; and First Aid Kit for the Ills of Modern Living. She authored Arousing Wisdom Within: Awakening Ancient Senses to Enhance Wellness and Joy, and has created a variety of unique Nature-Connecting activities to stimulate sensory awareness of wild nature, around and within. Christina is an ordained Minister/wedding celebrant who hosts and performs wedding ceremonies and other celebrations at EcoPlace, and created a special ceremony, Marrying with Nature as Your Honored Guest. She is certified in Reiki healing, the Natural Systems Thinking Process, and creative visualization. She has apprenticed with indigenous shamans, Dream Circle healers, Druid spiritualists, Vision Quest leaders, soul retrievers, spirit guides, and naturalists/wilderness trackers/guides. She has participated in and performed Positive Parting ceremonies, Soul Revival, Celtic enchantments, Fath Fith, drumming circles, shamanic healings, energy sharing, and visioning through art and music as well as sponsoring and facilitating workshops and seminars in the US and Canada. She is active in national and local environmental and land preservation groups with focus on community outreach and education on land protection and restoration, currently including development of the Cape Horn Trail. Her creative outlets encompass reconnecting with nature, writing, meditation, yoga, photography, organic gourmet cooking, herb and vegetable gardening, hiking, and sauntering. Christina was formally mentored and trained in Applied Psychology/Integrated Ecology by:
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Christina's business degrees-training includes:
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About her life and work, Christina Brittain says: My working career have been diverse. I first worked at physical labor on janitor in a high-rise office building, and then as a construction crew leader. I moved on to social services as director of residential and employment programs for people with disabilities, then to administrator of WA state vocational training programs. And to education as equestrian instructor and college environmental education professor. And then to the corporate world as regional manager of ALCOA’s secondary metal operations in the Western US and Canada. In 1998, I gladly left corporate life to pursue the theoretical and practical study of two lifelong, passionate interests, human behavior and nature that led me to the study and practice of Reiki, soul revival (retrieval), positive partings, space clearing, and Celtic healing. I completed my doctorate doctorate in applied psychology/integrated ecology/ecopsychology with a focus on research, development, and practice of Nature Visioning, which integrates aware relaxation, direct contact with nature, and inner visioning into a process for arousing inborn wisdom to reveal genuine wellness needs. At EcoPlace, I guide individuals and small groups through Nature Visioning, and delight in watching participants unexpectedly discover their unmet desires, and then use their newfound knowledge to make exciting, advances toward enhanced wellness and joy. |
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Christina is an intelligent, sensitive guide and counselor ... she arouses wisdom, peace, and insights through her exploration of self. Janet Pearson, Holistic healer In Christina's guided Nature Visioning session, she helped me connect with a profound image that revived parts of myself missing since childhood. I am finally beginning to feel like a complete person. Jim Matthews, Reiki practitioner |
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