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Exploring Anxiety
The Exploring Anxiety Through Nature Programme is a psychosynthesis-informed project, aimed at supporting a direct need in society. The research collected recognises that anxiety is a common golden thread with various demographic groups, largely being influenced by political unrest, the climate crisis, Covid and the cost-of-living crisis.
The Exploring Anxiety Project supports adults to explore anxiety through a relational approach using nature and community as its themes.
Combining Psychosynthesis-informed and eco-psychology Nature Well activities for two hours weekly, participants develop small community groups in local community gardens and social farms, whilst increasing their confidence, sense of belonging and mental health.
Join an Exploring Anxiety Community Programme →
Social Psychosynthesis in Action
Not all those who experience anxiety are diagnosed, illustrating that these numbers do not portray a true representation. From a survey of over 200 people, the Exploring Anxiety programme found that 95% were identifying with symptoms like overwhelm, perfectionism, worry, restlessness etc but were not categorising them as anxiety.
There are various interventions to relieve anxiety symptoms; these include medication and various types of therapy. There are long-wait times to access this support. This is why the Trust has developed a project to provide early-stage intervention, which is free and created for people who are experiencing anxiety and are at risk of being marginalised, disadvantaged or excluded due to their background, race or cultural, mental or physical health, socio-economic status, gender, physical abilities or sexual orientation.
The Exploring Anxiety project took the following research findings into consideration when developing the project:
- Spending two hours a week in nature, significantly increases mental and physical health including reducing heart rate & stress (2)
- The presence of green space can promote social cohesion and group-based activities, aspects that are crucial for maintaining social ties, developing communities, and increasing individual’s well-being (3)
- According to the Need to Belong Theory, human beings are motivated to establish a certain amount of stable and positive interpersonal relationships and there is a strong positive relation between an individual’s sense of interpersonal belonging and their ratings of happiness and subjective well-being (4)
How You Can Get Involved:
References:
1 www.championhealth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/workplace-health-report-2023.pdf
2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44097-3
3 Maas J, van Dillen SME, Verheij RA, Groenewegen PP. Social contacts as a possible mechanism behind the relation between green space and health. Health Place (2009) 15(2):586–95. doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.09.006
4 McAdams, D. P., and Bryant, F. B. (1987). Intimacy motivation and subjective mental health in a nationwide sample. J. Pers. 55, 395–413. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1987.tb00444.x
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