1.4 Attuning to Nature with Sarah West

Sarah West of Earthen Vision is an environmental art therapist based in Nelson, BC. She blends art therapy practice with land-based healing in a unique way to serve clients and groups. She even uses art and nature as a way of supporting organizations and governments to plan and make decisions about sustainability and land use. Sarah believes strongly in the role nature can play as a co-facilitator of the therapeutic process.

Before her career in art therapy, Sarah worked for more than ten years doing policy and strategic planning on environmental issues between First Nations and government in Ontario.

In our conversation we explore her unique process of guiding clients as they listen to the land, how she has created a practice in the midst of a pandemic, and why nature is such a crucial tool for holding collective grief.

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