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    The document describes the Nacadia healing garden in Denmark, which uses nature-based therapy to treat people with stress-related illnesses. It is located in an arboretum and run through a collaboration between universities and a private stress clinic. The interdisciplinary team develops a theory-based therapy program using activities like horticulture, mindfulness, and sensory experiences in nature to help patients restore resources and gain psychological flexibility. The goal is to help patients manage stress through presence, acceptance, strength-building, and personal growth.

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    The Healing Garden: Nacadia

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    THE HEALING GARDEN NACADIA

    Nature-based therapy for people with stressrelated illness

    Research Treatment Demonstration - Education

    Located in an aboretum

    Nacadia is Initiated by The Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and planning

    Treatment In cooperation with a private stress clinic

    Faculty of Life Sciences University of Copenhagen

    Research Funding for effect studies

    Education Health Design

    Demonstration

    Natur baseret terapi

    Health Design theory

    Healing garden design

    Behavioral setting

    INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM
    NBT concept:
    Patient Overall goals Treatment theory

    THEORY

    PROGRAM

    THERAPY

    Therapy Program:
    weekly structure Operational goals Therapeutic means

    Activity manual:
    Daily activity Specified goals Procedures Methods supplies Evaluations tools

    Healing Garden

    Gardentherapist Treatment concept

    Garden activities

    Naturebased Therapy
    The therapeutic use of nature activities and experiences
    Therapeutic Means

    Therapeutic goals
    Mindfulness Cognitive theory

    Restorative sensory experiences Rewarding occupation Eksistential symbols and stories

    Restoration from stress


    Enhancement of own resources

    Nacadias NBT koncept


    Healing garden setting

    Therapeutic means: Treatment theory:


    ACT

    Goals:
    Restoration Psychological flexibility

    Sensory based Nature experiences Horticultural actitivities Symbolic interaction

    Thanks for your attention

    suoe@life.ku.dk

    Terapiprogram
    Week
    1-8

    Theme
    Restoration

    Operational goals
    Restore impaired resources. Tool for own restoration outside Healing garden Mindful awareness in the present moment. Ability to use the attention technique outside the Healing garden. Embracing the moment as it is. Ability to practice acceptance in both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.

    Therapeutic means
    Presence in the garden. Sensory experiences. Body and breath relaxation. Slow meditative walking and sitting. Simple horticultural activities like planting and harvesting.

    2-8

    Presence

    3-10

    Acceptance

    Short educational nature-based stories. Mindful attention on symbols in nature. Diverse horticultural activities.

    5-10

    Strength

    Ability to defuse oneself from the situation for a moment as a mean to gain psychological flexibility in actions.

    Same activities as in acceptance with main weight on horticultural activities depending on the season.

    6-10

    Growth

    Value clarification, goal setting and creation of patterns of committed action.

    Freely chosen larger garden projects in cooperation with other patients or alone.

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