He has run a busy full-time practice for over two decades in Manchester city centre, Harley Street, London and in UK countryside locations. ABOUT
After eight years in his full-time clinical psychotherapy practice, Inner Changes, Nigel Magowan moved into the relatively new field of Ecotherapy, which utilises the natural landscape, making it an integral part of the therapeutic process. Since 2009 N
igel has run outdoor-based workshops, retreats and one-to-one therapy sessions, many of which have been held in beautiful private woodland in Denbighshire, North Wales, with plans to extend into Derbyshire's Peak District in 2021/22. The therapy incorporates bushcraft, exercises in perception, games, guided meditations, group discussions, and solo reflection time to help bring about personal development. Ecotherapy is an umbrella term for a whole variety of nature-based psychotherapies, counselling and coaching practices which utilise an experiential connection with nature as a major part of the therapeutic and coaching process. An ever-expanding volume of scientific research now clearly supports its benefits, especially in light of unprecedented stress placed on the public under the COVID pandemic, during which many people have instinctively sought the tranquility of the natural world to ease their anxiety. Ecotherapy is a relatively new field of therapy, but one which has many ancient roots, and as such, it draws its ideas from both modern and ancients practices. Unlike us, our ancestors would have seen little or no separation between themselves and the natural world they lived in. Many native cultures today still live in a harmonious relationship with nature, interacting with nature's rhythms, to sustain and heal, physically, mentally and spiritually. In native cultures, the shaman would in effect be the equivalent of our modern doctor, counsellor and psychotherapist. The nature-based healing practices of many native cultures are now being extensively researched and integrated with modern therapeutic practices under the umbrella term of 'ecotherapy.'
It is a selection of these practices in the form of fun and enlightening outdoor games and exercises that will be used during Inner Changes workshops and one-to-one nature-based therapy and coaching sessions. Ecotherapy may be used entirely on its own, or as a powerful compliment to more mainstream therapeutic models. Inner Changes provides high quality outdoor nature-based personal development for private individuals, organisations and corporate groups, in the form of one-to-one sessions, workshops, retreats, and bespoke events. If you have any questions, or you would like to book, please call 07463 542 368 or email [email protected]
