Therapy Gone Wild

Therapy Gone Wild Jennifer Owens, LCSW with Bridge Counseling and Wellness provides outdoor nature therapy, groups, programs and consultation.

I usually don’t share about my personal life on this professional page. However, I wanted to share this with my virtual ...
04/09/2022

I usually don’t share about my personal life on this professional page. However, I wanted to share this with my virtual community as I will not be posting or working for the foreseeable future.
On Friday March 25th, my just barely 22 year old son died. We were able to fulfill his wish as an organ donor and myself and his twin brother were with him and supporting him when he transitioned from his Earthly body to spread his sweet and loving energy to the Universe.
To say I am completely devastated is an understatement. To say I am sad or heartbroken doesn’t begin to touch the immensity of my sorrow. I am disintegrating into my grief cocoon and allowing the alchemy of motherly love to break me down and dive into the chasm of emptiness I feel without my son on planet earth.
I’m not sure what the future has in store for me and my family. For my other son, who is now a twinless twin, experiencing his own dark knight of the soul, separated from the human he shared the womb with and every moment of his life until now.
Until then - I venture into grief that knows no bounds and I begrudgingly welcome it. This is the way of life and love.

I read an article that said Instagram isn’t a photo sharing app anymore, it’s an entertainment app. Well, I still really...
03/18/2022

I read an article that said Instagram isn’t a photo sharing app anymore, it’s an entertainment app. Well, I still really like photos and praising Earth, so maybe I won’t get more followers, but I will stay true to what I like and how I want to express my service to the world. Which by the way, please sign up for my newsletter (link in bio) with more photos, videos and guided ecotherapy practices and more!

Hey friends! It’s been a little while since I’ve introduced my professional self to the virtual world of the mysterious ...
03/15/2022

Hey friends! It’s been a little while since I’ve introduced my professional self to the virtual world of the mysterious webs of internet. 👋🏽

My name is juniper and I am attempting to create resources, content, space and connection for humans to reconnect with nature; self/body, community, planet (see link in bio). I offer individual mentoring/guiding in practices such as wandering/medicine walks, rites of passage, ceremony, pagan and animaste spirituality, expressive photography, decolonize/unsettling support for white folks, wellness/retreat planning and nature connection. I also offer clinical therapy sessions (only taking telehelath client now, www.bridgemindbody.com)

I am working on creating a monthly ecotherapy group that will be based on seasons and offer weekly practices, on-demand ebook style learning, monthly council and reflection and much more for folks looking for support and in depth nature connection and wilderness exploration of both the inner and outer landscape as well as guide trainings! (Dm me for more info).

I am a Yasei Shinrin Yoku guide and practitioner, wild mind apprentice with animus valley, student of ecotherapy at Earthbody and an avid student of earth wisdom and connection. I love learning and development and as director of .imh I hope to connect revolutionary practitioners and practices to expand health and well-being for all beings.

As I am co-creating with Earth these offerings, what are you looking for? How can I help you or your community connect to nature?

shadow quotes:“Pulvis et umbra sumus. (We are but dust and shadow.)” ― Horace, The Odes of Horace“Shadows are the ones w...
03/15/2022

shadow quotes:

“Pulvis et umbra sumus. (We are but dust and shadow.)”
― Horace, The Odes of Horace

“Shadows are the ones who rejoice the most at the sunrise, because there is no shadow in the darkness!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole.”
― C.G. Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul

“I love to chase my shadow to feel how it rests in the dark.”
― Munia Khan

“There is something waiting for us at the edge of the woods, and it is our fate to meet it.”
― Clarissa Pinkola Estés

puddle as portalwhile walking at a local park, i found a small hole in the soil that was filled with water from a recent...
03/13/2022

puddle as portal

while walking at a local park, i found a small hole in the soil that was filled with water from a recent rain. the sky and tree reflection were so bright and contrasted with the forest floor so dramatically, it was as if i was peering into a portal.

the portal of another dimension in which one would walk upon the sky and gaze up at the underbelly of soil and into the core of the planet.

looking up would be like looking deep within, rather than some where else. would humans be in the mess they are now in, if cultural norms supported the soul work of the underworld. the praise and worship of what is here now. if some humans can't even see the worth and value of their own species, how can anything be sacred?

let's all practice finding our roots in the heavenly, divine atmosphere and staring up into the darkness, the unseen and the core of it all. what is unique and what is inherently shared in all beings.

what do you see when you look up in this way? 🪶

Meet my new mobile ecotherapy & forest bathing studio (my life dream of owning a van has manifested into reality)! I wou...
03/02/2022

Meet my new mobile ecotherapy & forest bathing studio (my life dream of owning a van has manifested into reality)! I would love to host ecotherapy and forest bathing guide training professional programs, groups and individual sessions anywhere in the US and beyond! Let’s make it happen 🌈 🚐 let me know if you want a nature based healing training or session near you!

latest vibe = frozen in time but these molecules are ready to melt and flow!
02/19/2022

latest vibe = frozen in time but these molecules are ready to melt and flow!

02/19/2022

Taking a walk in the stupid rain for my “stupid mental health” (jk / I care about the rain and my mental health). 🌧☔️⛈

02/17/2022

Take a walk with me while I pickle up trash and talk “litter tips”. It’s never enough, but it’s something.

I haven’t figured out the format stuff with TikTok and reels and I really don’t feel like taking the time. SO - sorry for the cut off face and stuff.

Befriending the night in a city. I’ve had a weird and awkward relationship to the dark. Most of my life I have been scar...
02/06/2022

Befriending the night in a city.

I’ve had a weird and awkward relationship to the dark. Most of my life I have been scare of it. Mostly due to what lurks in the shadows. What will reach out and grab me - or worse.
I’ve done some healing work with the dark, but mostly in the wilderness. Im working on my relationship with the moon and stars ✨ But in the city, I have trouble connecting. Im not really into “night life”. I more into “morning to mid-afternoon life. But what I really don’t like are all the street lamps, porch lights and all the other glaring lights that drown out the cosmos and sweet darkness. 💡
Alas, lights at night are part of city life. In ways, I guess it makes us safer (even though I’m not really sure that’s true - (there is already too much violence to name). Yet, all the beings in the city adjust to these lights and so shall I.
I am starting a new urban ecotherapy practice of night walking and embracing what normally irritates me or more wildly, what terrifies me. I find that there are aspects of the night I enjoy, mainly the solitude. Most folks in my neighborhood in the winter are warm and comfy, tucked tightly in their homes. More room on the street for me!
Here are some photos I took with my phone, as part of my expressive ecotherapy practice. I wanted to explore how the artificial lights shape shift the landscape. 🌑🌖🌒🌔

01/25/2022

I made a video, but it turned out really small and I’m not sure why. Im posting anyway.

Did you all know that I am hard at work crafting and collaborating on a nature based healing/ecotherapy guide training series?! Please complete this brief survey if you are interested - https://967ffhxl43c.typeform.com/to/jBnvdxba

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Louisville, KY
40202

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Meet Jennifer Owens, LCSW with Bridge Counseling and Wellness

Jennifer Owens, LCSW is a Co-Founder and Wellness Director of Bridge Counseling and Wellness. She is a certified somatic ecotherapist and experienced nature connection and wilderness adventure guide. She also has a background and training in mindfulness, fitness, and nutrition which complements her integrative approach. Bridge Counseling and Wellness supports the whole self - mind, body and spirit. Check out our website! www.bridgemindbody.com