Medical publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has announced the launch of a new, peer-reviewed online journal, Ecopsychology. Thomas Joseph Doherty, PsyD, Graduate School of Education and Counseling, Lewis & Clark College (Portland, OR), is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, the inaugural issue of which is currently available for free online at www.liebertpub.com/eco.
Ecopsychology seeks to explore the psychology of human-nature relationships and understanding the multidimensional links between humankind and its natural environment. The journal will play an important role in the field of mental health and well being for children and adults of all ages.
Included in the inaugural issue is an interview with Robert Greenway, Professor Emeritus in Psychology at Sonoma State University (Rohnert Park, CA), who discusses the development of his wilderness expedition program at the university and explores the development of an authentic language of human-nature relationships. Martin Jordan probes the link between how humans react to intimacy or early interpersonal attachments and their later relationship with nature.
