Wilderness Reflections / TerraSoma Ecopsychology Training Institute

About

Wilderness Reflections, operating alongside its professional training arm the TerraSoma Ecopsychology Training Institute, offers wilderness quests, nature retreats, and clinical ecotherapy certification from its base in Bellingham, Washington, with immersion sites in the Skagit River valley and Sonoma County, California. Founded by Dave Talamo, MFT, who brings over forty years of experience in wilderness mentoring and psychotherapy, the organization blends ancient rites-of-passage ceremony with contemporary advances in ecopsychology, somatic psychotherapy, and mindfulness-based therapeutic practice. The Professional Ecotherapy Certification Program combines self-paced online study with multi-day in-person wilderness immersion and ongoing live supervision, training clinicians and counselors in nature-based therapeutic approaches informed by Hakomi, Somatic Experiencing, and indigenous wisdom traditions. Co-founder Amy Biesemeyer, MFT, who also directs One Nature Therapy, brings expertise in somatic psychotherapy and has served as a wilderness rites-of-passage guide since 2004. Programs are designed for both direct therapeutic participants seeking transformative wilderness experience and licensed professionals seeking to integrate ecopsychological approaches into clinical practice. BIPOC scholarships and payment plans are available to support accessibility.

Depth Orientation

Wilderness Reflections integrates ancient rites-of-passage ceremony with contemporary somatic psychology and ecopsychological theory, operating from a 'psyche in nature' philosophy that treats wilderness encounter as a vehicle for depth psychological transformation. Their approach blends Somatic Experiencing, Hakomi body-centered psychotherapy, and vision quest traditions within a clinical ecotherapy framework overseen by licensed marriage and family therapists.

Treatment Modalities

Program Details

Best for

• Life transitions
• Professional development for clinicians
• Ecopsychological exploration
• Women's and men's initiatory work
• Grief and loss

Notable Clinicians

• Dave Talamo, MFT — Founder, 40+ years wilderness mentoring and therapy
• Amy Biesemeyer, MFT — Co-founder, licensed marriage and family therapist, somatic psychologist

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