This spring, we launched our first Nature Immersion Retreat for caregivers and mental health professionals—an opportunity to step away from daily demands, earn Continuing Education (CE) credits, and experience firsthand the benefits of using nature as a co-therapist.
Building on that success, we have expanded our educational offerings into a comprehensive series of experiential trainings. Each course explores a different dimension of nature-based healing and professional practice, including:
· Nature Immersion Therapy
· Walk-and-Talk Therapy
· Adventure-Based Counseling
· Wilderness Adventure Therapy
· Healing the Healer
· Ecotherapy Foundations
· Nature-Based Clinical Skills
Designed for therapists, counselors, social workers, coaches, educators, healthcare professionals, and anyone seeking deeper personal growth, these courses combine current research with experiential learning in inspiring outdoor settings.
Find the Experience That’s Right for You
Course descriptions, training dates, and locations are listed below as a multi-month professional training, you’ll find opportunities to learn, heal, and grow in community.
These adventures invite participants to slow down, breathe deeply, and experience the profound sense of peace that emerges when we move in harmony with the natural world.
Join Us
Whether you’re taking your first mindful walk in nature or expanding your professional practice through immersive training, we invite you to experience healing beyond four walls.
Explore our upcoming events, reconnect with nature, and discover the transformational power of learning, healing, and growing outdoors. Our nature immersion gatherings empower clinicians to see nature not just as a setting for therapy — but as an active co-therapist in the healing process
Participants will leave renewed, equipped with tools to partner with nature as an ally in healing. The courses invite a shift from doing therapy to being in relationship with the natural world as an active and restorative force in the therapeutic process.
Price from $65 full price that includes 2 CE credits for LMFT, LCSW, to $45 reduced price for students, interns or associates and $35 general public plus ticket processing fee cost if paid with credit card online.
August 5 from 8:00 till 10AM, Wander in Wonder, Morning Intentional Walkabout at Surfers Knoll Sand Dunes in Ventura. Introduction to the use of ritual and ceremony as a therapeutic ally to assist clients to honor life’s many transitions. We will explore Nature as Mirror and Metaphor using natural symbolism in counseling and self-reflection as we wander. (2CE credits)
August 14 from 6:00 till 8PM, Mindfulness Hike, Nature History Museum Santa Barbara. Intro to Somatic Ecotherapy: we’ll focus on the physiological estrangement from nature. Through bodily and sensory awareness exercises we will tap into nature’s ability to help regulate the nervous system, lower cortisol, and address somatic symptoms of anxiety. (2CE credits)
August 23 from 6:30 till 8:30PM Full-moon Walk Carpinteria Bluffs Trail, Mindfulness Practice with Nature-Based heART Crafting: Blends intention setting movement routine with creative expression with environmental materials. Clients use natural objects like feathers, seaweed, leaves, and stones to set their intentions and action steps to their treatment plan. Sessions can expand to process complex grief, life transitions, and deep-seated trauma. (2CE credits)
September 2 from 6:00 till 8PM Satwiwa Loop Trail in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Foundation Intro to Walk and Talk Therapy practices, overview of therapeutic role of nature, outdoor therapy ethics including confidentiality and safety concerns as we meet at the parking lot/trailhead. (2CE credits)
September 13 from 8:00 till 10AM, Wander in Wonder, Morning Intentional Walkabout at Surfers Knoll Sand Dunes in Ventura. Introduction to the use of ritual and ceremony as a therapeutic ally to assist clients to honor life’s many transitions. We will explore Nature as Mirror and Metaphor using natural symbolism in counseling and self-reflection as we wander. (2CE credits)
September 26 from 6:00 till 8PM Full-moon Walk at Haskell’s Beach, Mindfulness Practice with Nature-Based heART Crafting: Blends intention setting movement routine with creative expression with environmental materials. Clients use natural objects like feathers, seaweed, leaves, and stones to set their intentions and action steps to their treatment plan. Sessions can expand to process complex grief, life transitions, and deep-seated trauma. (2CE credits)
October 10 from 9 till 11AM Mindfulness Hike, Nature History Museum Santa Barbara. Intro to Somatic Ecotherapy: (2CE credits)
October 14 from 6:30 till 8:30PM Full-moon Walk Carpinteria Bluffs Trail, Mindfulness Practice with Nature-Based heART Crafting: (2 CE credits)
October 18 from 8:00 till 10AM, Wander in Wonder, Morning Intentional Walkabout at Surfers Knoll Sand Dunes in Ventura: (2 CE credits)
October 30 - November 1 Three-day Two-night retreat at Sunburst, Council Of All Beings, Living Ritual and Ceremony: Bridging nature, ritual, and meaning with psychotherapy (12 CE credits)
Note that while there are opportunities to receive professional CE credits, there is no licensing requirement to participate. General public and wellness practitioners are welcome.
We look forward to welcoming you into the Celebrate Life community.
Building on that success, we have expanded our educational offerings into a comprehensive series of experiential trainings. Each course explores a different dimension of nature-based healing and professional practice, including:
· Nature Immersion Therapy
· Walk-and-Talk Therapy
· Adventure-Based Counseling
· Wilderness Adventure Therapy
· Healing the Healer
· Ecotherapy Foundations
· Nature-Based Clinical Skills
Designed for therapists, counselors, social workers, coaches, educators, healthcare professionals, and anyone seeking deeper personal growth, these courses combine current research with experiential learning in inspiring outdoor settings.
Find the Experience That’s Right for You
Course descriptions, training dates, and locations are listed below as a multi-month professional training, you’ll find opportunities to learn, heal, and grow in community.
These adventures invite participants to slow down, breathe deeply, and experience the profound sense of peace that emerges when we move in harmony with the natural world.
Join Us
Whether you’re taking your first mindful walk in nature or expanding your professional practice through immersive training, we invite you to experience healing beyond four walls.
Explore our upcoming events, reconnect with nature, and discover the transformational power of learning, healing, and growing outdoors. Our nature immersion gatherings empower clinicians to see nature not just as a setting for therapy — but as an active co-therapist in the healing process
Participants will leave renewed, equipped with tools to partner with nature as an ally in healing. The courses invite a shift from doing therapy to being in relationship with the natural world as an active and restorative force in the therapeutic process.
Price from $65 full price that includes 2 CE credits for LMFT, LCSW, to $45 reduced price for students, interns or associates and $35 general public plus ticket processing fee cost if paid with credit card online.
August 5 from 8:00 till 10AM, Wander in Wonder, Morning Intentional Walkabout at Surfers Knoll Sand Dunes in Ventura. Introduction to the use of ritual and ceremony as a therapeutic ally to assist clients to honor life’s many transitions. We will explore Nature as Mirror and Metaphor using natural symbolism in counseling and self-reflection as we wander. (2CE credits)
August 14 from 6:00 till 8PM, Mindfulness Hike, Nature History Museum Santa Barbara. Intro to Somatic Ecotherapy: we’ll focus on the physiological estrangement from nature. Through bodily and sensory awareness exercises we will tap into nature’s ability to help regulate the nervous system, lower cortisol, and address somatic symptoms of anxiety. (2CE credits)
August 23 from 6:30 till 8:30PM Full-moon Walk Carpinteria Bluffs Trail, Mindfulness Practice with Nature-Based heART Crafting: Blends intention setting movement routine with creative expression with environmental materials. Clients use natural objects like feathers, seaweed, leaves, and stones to set their intentions and action steps to their treatment plan. Sessions can expand to process complex grief, life transitions, and deep-seated trauma. (2CE credits)
September 2 from 6:00 till 8PM Satwiwa Loop Trail in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Foundation Intro to Walk and Talk Therapy practices, overview of therapeutic role of nature, outdoor therapy ethics including confidentiality and safety concerns as we meet at the parking lot/trailhead. (2CE credits)
September 13 from 8:00 till 10AM, Wander in Wonder, Morning Intentional Walkabout at Surfers Knoll Sand Dunes in Ventura. Introduction to the use of ritual and ceremony as a therapeutic ally to assist clients to honor life’s many transitions. We will explore Nature as Mirror and Metaphor using natural symbolism in counseling and self-reflection as we wander. (2CE credits)
September 26 from 6:00 till 8PM Full-moon Walk at Haskell’s Beach, Mindfulness Practice with Nature-Based heART Crafting: Blends intention setting movement routine with creative expression with environmental materials. Clients use natural objects like feathers, seaweed, leaves, and stones to set their intentions and action steps to their treatment plan. Sessions can expand to process complex grief, life transitions, and deep-seated trauma. (2CE credits)
October 10 from 9 till 11AM Mindfulness Hike, Nature History Museum Santa Barbara. Intro to Somatic Ecotherapy: (2CE credits)
October 14 from 6:30 till 8:30PM Full-moon Walk Carpinteria Bluffs Trail, Mindfulness Practice with Nature-Based heART Crafting: (2 CE credits)
October 18 from 8:00 till 10AM, Wander in Wonder, Morning Intentional Walkabout at Surfers Knoll Sand Dunes in Ventura: (2 CE credits)
October 30 - November 1 Three-day Two-night retreat at Sunburst, Council Of All Beings, Living Ritual and Ceremony: Bridging nature, ritual, and meaning with psychotherapy (12 CE credits)
Note that while there are opportunities to receive professional CE credits, there is no licensing requirement to participate. General public and wellness practitioners are welcome.
We look forward to welcoming you into the Celebrate Life community.
