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In this episode, Carrie talks with Kimberly Rose about her experiences in group work. Kimberly is passionate about connecting people with nature, animals, and other people through classes, workshops, and individual therapy. Kimberly shares about her own journey with group work, including the shadow side of groups. She shares about an experience of spiritual abuse in a group and how it has impacted her life. She also shares theoretical and practical ways to broaden our awareness to include the “more than human” world.
Topics covered:
- Spiritual abuse
- Intuition
- Power over vs Power with
- The experience of being an Introverted group facilitator
- Ways to integrate the natural world into group work
- Expanding our inclusivity to the “more than human”world
- Ritual and practices to connect with the natural world
And much more…
About Kimberly Rose
Kimberly comes to us from the traditional territory of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute nations in central Colorado. As a nature-based psychotherapist, naturalist, herbalist, and educator, she considers herself to be living her childhood dreams. Kimberly is owner and operator of Colorado Ecotherapy Institute and Relational Rewilding Nature Guiding where she facilitates nature therapy, eco-therapy training for practitioners, nature education, and nature connection for Colorado communities and organizations. Kimberly is faculty and coordinator for the Gestalt Equine Institute of the Rockies, and also teaches for Denver Botanic Gardens and The Audubon Society of Greater Denver. She holds a Master’s degree in Counseling, a Bachelor’s degree in Outdoor Education & Plant Biology, and blends Gestalt, ecology, herbalism, horsemanship, and animal tracking into her work. Kimberly believes the health of people is absolutely intertwined with the health of our ecosystems and values helping others improve their health, confidence, relationships, and sense of belonging in the world by restoring the original kinship we humans share with nature. She lives in the wooded foothills west of Golden, Colorado, with her partner, 3 horses, and a diversity of wildlife.
www.coloradoecotherapyinstitute.com
www.relationalrewilding.com
Connect with Carrie: carrie@artofgroups.com.
Direction and Original Idea: Carrie Haynes
Production: Laura Correa