Nature-based Mental health support
ECOPSYCHOLOGY CONNECTION
INTEGRATING HUMANITY BACK INTO THE NATURAL WORLD
ABOUT ECOPSYCHOLOGY CONNECTION
BRIDGING MIND, HEART & NATURE
We are living through a climate crisis that is increasingly impacting human mental health, identity, and community resilience. Climate professionals, educators, students, and values-driven organizations are experiencing eco-anxiety, grief, burnout, and disconnection from the natural world.
Ecopsychology Connection meets this need by integrating mental health, climate engagement, and nature-based practices. We support individuals and organizations in reconnecting with the natural world, processing climate-related emotions, and building resilient, action-oriented communities.
Founded by Hanna Nielsen, with over a decade of experience in the climate field, a Master's in Ecopsychology, and training as an eco-chaplain.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
ROOTED IN CONNECTION, CARE & BELONGING
Connection: Reconnecting with the natural world as the foundation for psychological wellbeing and sustained climate engagement
Care: Creating supportive spaces for processing grief, anxiety, and the emotional weight of climate work with compassion.
Community: Building resilient networks where isolation transforms into collective strength and shared purpose.
Hope: Cultivating action-oriented hope that sustains engagement and empowers meaningful response to climate challenges.
About Me
Background
For over a decade, I have worked in the climate field, wearing many hats in policy, fieldwork, and education. Through this work, I noticed a profound gap: while people are deeply committed to the planet, there are few spaces to support them psychologically and spiritually in engaging with the environmental crisis.This realization led me back to school, where I earned my Master’s in Ecopsychology. Ecopsychology explores how humans evolved in relationship with the natural world and how our separation from it affects our mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. My thesis, “Tending the Cultural Wound: Incorporating Integration into Ecopsychology Practices,” examined how profound experiences, whether in nature, spiritual practice, or personal transformation, can be integrated so they leave lasting impact on our psyche.I am also a trained Eco-Chaplain and a skilled facilitator. I support individuals and organizations in metabolizing climate-related grief, cultivating emotional resilience, and restoring relational connection to themselves, to each other, and to the living world. Through mentorship, workshops, and nature-based practices, I help people translate insight and experience into sustainable action and enduring engagement.
OUR SERVICES
FOR ORGANIZATIONS
Ecopsychology Connection helps organizations build emotional resilience, collective capacity, and grounded leadership in the face of the climate crisis.
Consulting: Integration & Climate Resilience Strategy
Strategic consulting to help organizations integrate emotional resilience, ecological awareness, and nervous system-informed practices into their culture. We consult with mission-driven organizations, climate nonprofits, educational institutions, and wellness centers to help integrate ecopsychology principles into daily operations, leadership practices, and organizational culture.
Workshops and Educational Programs:
Experiential workshops designed to help teams metabolize climate emotions, reconnect with purpose, and build collective resilience.
Examples of Workshops:
Processing Climate Anxiety & Eco-Grief
Nervous System Regulation for Environmental Leaders
Reconnecting to the Earth as a Resilience Practice
From Burnout to Regenerative Leadership
Integrating Ecopsychology into Everyday Work
OUR SERVICES
FOR INDIVIDUALS
Life can feel overwhelming when the weight of the world presses in. Grief, anxiety, and emotional intensity are natural responses to climate awareness, spiritual exploration, and transformative experiences. You don’t have to navigate these feelings alone. Ecopsychology Connection provides relational, supportive spaces and practices to help you metabolize your emotions, build resilience, and restore connection to yourself, to others, and to the Earth.
Integration Mentorship:
One-on-one guidance to help you process and integrate insight from meditation retreats, transformative experiences, or other spiritual and personal growth work. Together, we explore how to translate deep experiences into grounded, sustainable changes in daily life.
Eco-Chaplaincy Support:
Compassionate guidance rooted in ecopsychology and eco-chaplaincy principles. Provides a safe, relational space to explore grief, loss, and existential climate concerns.
Mindfulness & Nature-Based Meditation:
Experiential practices designed to reconnect you with the natural world, restore nervous system regulation, and strengthen emotional capacity.
Good Grief Network: 10 Steps to Resilience in a Chaotic Climate
A structured group program for metabolizing emotions around the climate crisis. This 10-step approach combines relational support, experiential learning, and collective reflection to move from isolation and anxiety into shared understanding and sustainable engagement.
