Rebecca L. Haller, Karen L. Kennedy, Christine L. Capra

The Profession and Practice of Horticultural Therapy (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Horticultural therapy is a profession that serves the needs of practitioners having a broad understanding of the theories, techniques, and strategies for effective program development and management. This book is a manual of theories of horticultural therapy containing models of practices and programs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351389679
• Artikelnr.: 56302897

Autorenporträt

Rebecca L. Haller, MS, HTM is the director and lead instructor of the Horticultural Therapy Institute, and a faculty member of Colorado State University. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and Sociology from Kansas State University, and a Master of Science Degree in Horticultural Therapy from the same university. She develops curriculum for and teaches horticultural therapy courses, writes professional articles and books, and lectures on horticultural therapy and related topics. Her particular professional interests are training and education for excellence in practice, people-plant connections, the design and use of gardens as clinical spaces for horticultural therapy, and those endeavors that support professional development in this emerging field. She has been a registered horticultural therapist since 1978, and a long-time advocate for the use of gardening for therapy and wellbeing.

Karen L. Kennedy, BS, HTR is a private contractor providing horticultural therapy and consulting services, developing educational materials and teaching. She is passionate about horticultural therapy program design and developing meaningful connections with people through the creative use of plants and gardens. As a faculty member of the Horticultural Therapy Institute, Denver, CO, she teaches the programming course, develops curriculum and works on other educational projects. In addition, she nurtures her love of plants through writing, teaching and facilitating webinars as the Education Coordinator for The Herb Society of America. She is a frequent presenter, enjoys writing and discovering new plants and ways to grow and use them. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Kansas State University and has been a registered horticultural therapist since 1986.

Christine L. Capra, BA is co-editor of the book, Horticultural Therapy Methods: Making Connections in Health Care, Human Service and Community Programs" Taylor & Francis, 2006 and editor of the online HTI newsletter, "Making Connections." She has won numerous writing awards and has been published in: OT Weekly, Mountain Plain and Garden, Green Thumb News, People-Plant Connection, AHTA News, GrowthPoint, The Community Gardener, Health and Gardens, Colorado Gardner, Denver Catholic Register and Our Sunday Visitor. She is the program manager and co-founded the Horticultural Therapy Institute in 2002. Previously she helped manage the horticultural therapy educational program at the Denver Botanic Gardens.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Editors
Chapter Authors
Contributors
Section I: Overview of horticultural therapy practice
Chapter 1 Introduction to the profession of horticultural therapy
Christine L. Capra, Rebecca L. Haller, and Karen L. Kennedy
Chapter 2 Horticultural therapy, related people-plant programs, and other
therapeutic disciplines
Rebecca L. Haller and Karen L. Kennedy
Chapter 3 The therapist-client relationship
Jay Stone Rice
Chapter 4 Development of the profession: Assets and issues
Rebecca L. Haller and K. René Malone
Section II: Theories supporting horticultural therapy efficacy and practice
Chapter 5 People-plant response: Theoretical support for horticultural
therapy
Beverly J. Brown
Chapter 6 Brain, mind, and relationship: Implications for horticultural
therapy
Jay Stone Rice
Chapter 7 Theories that inform horticultural therapy practice
Matthew J. Wichrowski
Section III: Practice within program models
Chapter 8 Therapeutic model
Jonathan Irish and Pamela Young
Chapter 9 Vocational model
Gwenn Fried and Rebecca L. Haller
Chapter 10 Horticultural therapy grounded in wellness models: Theory and
practice
Jane Saiers
Section IV: Tools for the therapist
Chapter 11 Considerations and adaptations to safely accommodate program
participants
Susan Conlon Morgan
Chapter 12 Assessment and documentation strategies for horticultural
therapy intervention
Barbara Kreski
Chapter 13 Tools for program management
Emilee Vanderneut
Chapter 14 Research applied to practice
Barbara Kreski
Index