Climate change represents one of the greatest challenges of our time. To meet this challenge requires a profound reorientation of our relationship with the Earth and with all who share our planetary home. This shift requires a transformation of consciousness from seeing the world as an object to be exploited or a resource to be plundered to knowing and living a profound interconnection with all that is. It requires us to fully experience our “totemic selves”—that part of us that recognizes our kinship with the more-than-human world and our dependence on it. What role can psychology play in this paradigm shift? More specifically, what is the role of the therapist during this challenging time? How do we address these hard issues in the lives of our clients, and how do we utilize our skills as healers in our communities? This essay explores how the practices and methods of ecotherapy and the concepts of rewilding and a Nature Language might be useful in the clinician's work as we approach this pervasive topic with our clients. Key Words: Ecotherapy—Rewilding—Nature Language—Climate change—Ecopsychology.
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