What is archaeotherapy? How did it emerge out of working in the fields of ecotherapy and cultural heritage therapy? Why is this needed right now?
This very brief introduction will explain what the emerging field of archaeotherapy is, how it came about, and how it is currently being delivered. A practice of intentional ancestral connection at sites in the landscape helps communities and individuals to listen to the voices of our cultural past, which in turn supports insight, understanding and healing.
This area of therapeutic work can be applied within already established modes of healing.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- To understand what archaeotherapy is
- To understand why archaeotherapy is applicable to today’s therapeutic modalities
- To gain insight into profound ways to support connection to the ancestors and to the living
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- Anyone who is interested in heritage as healing; psychotherapists, eoctherapists, cultural heritage therapists, ancestor workers.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- Gain ideas on how to realistically apply archaeotherapy in clients’ landscapes
Course Content
Presenter
Harriet Sams teaches, mentors, and facilitates archaeotherapy. She is a core tutor for the Tariki Trust, co-hosts online conversations with ecological creators, thinkers and writers for the charity Radical Joy for Hard Times, and co-facilitates imaginal workshops for the Climate Psychology Alliance. She writes about interconnected threads such as myth, archaeology, Earth-based spirituality, environmental art, and climate/ecological chaos. Harriet has recently contributed a chapter to the influential book: ‘Climate, Psychology and Change: Reimagining Psychotherapy in an Era of Global Disruption and Climate Anxiety’, edited by Steffi Bednarek, and is currently researching the phenomenon of Archaeotherapy for her PhD.
