Julie Brams, MA, LMFT is an Earth-centered psychotherapist, Certified Forest Therapy Guide, meditation practitioner/teacher, and writer in Los Angeles for 30 years. Her psychotherapy practice integrates traditional therapy, ecopsychology practices, meditation, and the latest advances in the field of energy psychology. Certified by the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy she leads nature immersion experiences and workshops taking people into the woods as a way to reciprocally heal themselves and the rest of nature. She has presented on the topic of ecopsychology and the neuroscience of nature for the treatment of anxiety, depression and optimal mind-body health at California State University Northridge, The American Public Health Association, the Institute of Noetic Sciences, as well as many churches and synagogues. She is dedicated to social change and environmental sustainability through re-establishing our intimate connectedness with the rest of nature.
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The Nature Embedded Mind: Excerpt
Conversely to Hansel and Gretel who left breadcrumbs to find their way out of the woods, we find ourselves now stranded in our civilized, industrialized, digitized cage and needing to find the trail back into our Wilderness.
January 13, 2026
