Improve your well-being by spending more time surrounded by nature

It is now feeling more like summer! The days are getting longer and warmer, and now is the perfect time to get outside and spend more time surrounded by nature. If you read the BBC News website, you may have noticed a recent article titled ‘Green’ exercise quickly ‘boosts mental health’

More and more research is beginning to show the beneficial effects that nature has on our mental well-being. Just performing activities outdoors in green spaces has been shown to have significant positive effects on our mental health. Issues such as depression, anxiety, addictions, stress, anger, relationship issues, confidence and self esteem, as well as many others, can all benefit. In some countries GPs are already beginning to recognise the benefits, and are starting to prescribe nature-based activities and therapies as a healthier alternative to drugs.

So you may want to consider getting out of your home or workplace more often and begin to experience the restorative and healing effects of the natural world. Research shows that as little as 5 minutes on a regular basis can have significant positive benefits. So why not try eating your lunch in the local park instead of the office. Or get out and do some outdoor activites such as walking, gardening, cycling, fishing, boating or horse-riding. Or if that all sounds a bit too energetic for the moment, just chill out in your garden or local park for a while.

If you really enjoy the natural world and outdoor activities, or you’ve just found it helpful getting out into some green space, then I’m sure you’ll be interested in some of the nature-based therapies and workshops I that I offer. Look out for further information on nature-based personal development workshops and retreats, and Ecotherapy taster days, which will use the amazing restorative and healing powers of nature combined with all the benefits of counselling, psychotherapy and coaching

Author details: Nigel Magowan is an Integrative Psychotherapist, Ecotherapist, Life Coach, NLP Master Practitioner and Advanced Hypnotherapist. He runs regular ecotherapy events. He specialises in treating the various anxiety disorders, stress related issues, depression and addictive behaviours. Read more about his nature-based therapy and personal development workshops. He is also a consultant at the prestigious Harley Street Clinic in Central London. United Kingdom

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Nigel Magowan

Nigel Magowan BSc(Hons) UKCP(CIT) DABCH MCAHyp GHR SQHP MHA AMPM
Solution-Focused Integrative Psychotherapist, Life Coach, Licensed NLP Master Practitioner, Advanced Hypnotherapist, Ecotherapist, Accredited Supervisor and Natural Awareness Therapist

About Nigel Magowan

Nigel Magowan is a professional and experienced Solution-Focused Integrative Psychotherapist, Life Coach, a Licensed NLP Master Practitioner, an Advanced Hypnotherapist and Ecotherapist. Nigel has trained with some of the best trainers. He combines all his training, skills and experience to produce a treatment that is tailored to your exact needs. He uses an integrative solution focused approach to his work which can bring about results in a much shorter time than traditional counselling or psychoanalysis. He has also received additional specialist training in working with addictions, treating IBS, controlling pain, stress management techniques, and ecotherapy. Nigel is also a fully trained and accredited supervisor and offers supervision to other therapists.

Nigel holds an enhanced CRB certificate.

He has his own busy Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapy, Counselling, Life Coaching, NLP and Hypnotherapy practice in Chorlton, South Manchester, and on Harley Street, London. Within easy traveling distance of Altrincham, Ashton, Bolton, Buxton, Didsbury, Fallowfield, Gatley, Glossop, Harley Street London, Hale, Hyde, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Manchester City Centre, Mere, Preston, Sale, Stockport, Stretford, Wilmslow, Withington and other towns in Lancashire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and the Greater Manchester and the North West area.

He specialises in helping people with anxiety, panic attacks, stress management, addictions, IBS, pain control, confidence and self esteem, insomnia, public speaking and performance anxiety, fears, phobias, smoking cessation, weight loss, and study and sport performance enhancement.

He is a a UKCP Candidate in Training; a member of the Community for Contemporary Psychotherapy; the General Hypnotherapy Register, the Hypnotherapy Association; the Corporation of Advanced Hypnotherapy; the Association for Neuro-Linguistic Programming (ANLP); an Approved Anxiety UK Therapist; the NHS Directory of Complementary & Alternative Practitioners; the UK Register of IBS Therapists; the National Register of Practitioners in Smoking Cessation

He practices according to the Community for Contemporary Psychotherapy, General Hypnotherapy Standards Council, ANLP and Hypnotherapy Associations code of ethics, and has full Professional Indemnity Insurance.

Qualifications & Training

Continuing Professional Development
Current and on-going training and supervision, keeping my skills fresh and at the cutting edge

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