About the Training
Overview
Relationships are the context in which we as humans first come to know and make sense of ourselves and the world around us. We need these relationships to survive and thrive. In a culture characterized by isolation and loneliness, learning how to heal and strengthen our relationship to self, earth, family, and community is essential. Join Tee Tomlinson to learn about nature-informed systemic therapy with children and families. Experience hands-on tools and interventions to apply with families of all ages and compositions.
Who Should Attend
This training is recommended for psychologists, social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists, teachers/school-based personnel, environmental educators, health care staff
Note for Non-Clinical Helping Professionals
This training is open to both mental health professionals and related helping professionals. If you are not a licensed mental health clinician, we strongly recommend completing a Mental Health First Aid training before attending or soon afterward.
Mental Health First Aid can help you recognize signs of emotional distress, respond supportively, and understand when referral to a licensed mental health professional is appropriate. This allows you to apply nature-informed principles more safely and ethically within your own role and scope of practice.
You may complete Mental Health First Aid through CNIT’s linked training resource or another qualified provider.
Key Learning Objectives
Through participating in the "Nature Informed Systemic Therapy" program, you will:
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Understand the origins of systems theory and define at least three basic concepts
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Understand at least two distinctions between systemic and individual work
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Apply a systemic framework to nature-informed relational therapy
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Apply two nature-based assessment tools for working with children and families
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Apply three nature-based interventions for work with children and families
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Recognize three benefits of integrating nature-informed therapy with families
Program Schedule
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Welcome & overview: introduction to course, instructor, and participants
Nature-based check-in
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Foundations: systems theory, NIT, relational therapy
Experiential activity #1
Break out group #1
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Applying a systemic framework: what does it look like in action?
Integrating nature and systemic work: assessment, diagnosis, treatment
Case examples
Break out group #2
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Lunch
12:15 PM - 12:50 PM
Special considerations for nature informed relational therapy
12:50 PM - 1 PM
Whole group processing & closing
Starts Sep 25
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Instructor Highlights
Tee Tomlinson
LCMFT
Tee (she/her/hers) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Nature Informed Therapist, and Maryland Board Approved Supervisor. She has over a decade of experience working with children, teens, families, and individuals in multiple settings through direct care and research. Tee believes in the human need for connection with self, others, and the earth, and collaborates with families to manage individual and systemic barriers to these connections. She is trained in individual, romantic partner, family, and play therapy models. She believes therapy and nature-informed work can support individuals, partners, and families in responding and adapting to stressors in an authentic manner that builds resilience and inclusivity.
Logistics & Registration
When: Friday, September 25, from 9:30am -1pm
Where: Live Online
Cost: $90 per person
15% early bird discount before July 27 with code EBAT15
Don't need CE's? Take $20 off with booking code ADV20
25% off for students with booking code STUDENTADV25
Scholarship Available: Limited need-based scholarship available. Apply here.
CE Details
Center for Nature Informed Therapy has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7473. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Center for Nature Informed Therapy is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Nature Informed Attachment & Trauma Therapy Training course will receive 3 NBCC credit hours.
This program consists of 3 NBCC clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.
Please note: NBCC and ASWB continuing education credits are intended for eligible licensed mental health professionals. Related helping professionals are welcome to attend, though CE credit may not apply to their profession. We recommend non-clinical participants complete Mental Health First Aid before or soon after the training.
The Center for Nature Informed Therapy, Provider 2022, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: July 9, 2025-July 9, 2028. Social workers completing this course receive 3 general continuing education credits.