The Person-Centred Ecopsychologist

Abstract

Eco-psychology challenges the anthropocentric and egocentric assumptions in which most therapies are grounded. lt is argued that, while client-centred therapy conventionally focusses on the internal congruence of the individual, the congruence between person and planet also comes within its scope. Client-centredt herapy is able to deal not only with personal anxiety but with species anxiety, which is manifested in both personal and collective pathology. The primacy of the individual and the primacy of the planet must both be fully acknowledged if healing is to take place.