FTHub CERTIFIED Forest Therapy Practitioner Online Training
Scientific evidence and professional experience put into practice
Registrations will remain open until the monthly admission quotas are filled.
Apply scientific knowledge
Apply scientific knowledge in health, well-being and nature connection in a practical way as a complement to conventional treatment.
A holistic view of health
A training that gives you a holistic view of health and where you will learn methodologies and techniques to integrate into interventions.
Flexibility and adaptability
Certification is obtained once all the self-guided practical exercises have been completed. Attend the live sessions as many times as you want.
Double certificate
With this training you will obtain a double certificate: FTHub Certified Forest Bathing Guide and FTHub Certified Forest Therapy Practitioner.
At your own pace
You can choose between the available schedules and attend up to a maximum of:
| CET (Berlin, Warsaw…) | 2 pm to 3 pm | 6 pm to 7 pm | 1 am to 2 am |
| UK, Ireland, Portugal | 1 pm to 2 pm | 5 pm to 6 pm | 12 am to 1 am |
| Latvia, Lithuania | 3 pm to 4 pm | 7 pm to 8 pm | 2 am to 3 am |
| EST (New York, Toronto…) | 8 am to 9 am | 12 pm to 1 pm | 7 pm to 8 pm |
| PST (Los Angeles…) | 5 am to 6 am | 9 am to 10 am | 4 pm to 5 pm |
| Apr-Sep | Oct-Mar | ||||
| HKT (Hong Kong…) | 7 am to 8 am | 8 pm to 9 pm | 8 am to 9 am | 9 pm to 10 pm | – |
| AET (Sydney…) | 9 am to 10 am | 10 pm to 11 pm | 11 am to 12 pm | 11 pm to 12 am | – |
| IST (New Delhi…) | 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm | 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm | 5:30 am to 6:30 am | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm |
Monday, Wednesday or Friday. Sessions last 1 hour.
| CET (Berlin, Warsaw…) | 2 pm to 3 pm | 6 pm to 7 pm | 1 am to 2 am |
| UK, Ireland, Portugal | 1 pm to 2 pm | 5 pm to 6 pm | 12 am to 1 am |
| Latvia, Lithuania | 3 pm to 4 pm | 7 pm to 8 pm | 2 am to 3 am |
| EST (New York, Toronto…) | 8 am to 9 am | 12 pm to 1 pm | 7 pm to 8 pm |
| PST (Los Angeles…) | 5 am to 6 am | 9 am to 10 am | 4 pm to 5 pm |
| Apr-Sep | Oct-Mar | ||||
| HKT (Hong Kong…) | 7 am to 8 am | 8 pm to 9 pm | 8 am to 9 am | 9 pm to 10 pm | – |
| AET (Sydney…) | 9 am to 10 am | 10 pm to 11 pm | 11 am to 12 pm | 11 pm to 12 am | – |
| IST (New Delhi…) | 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm | 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm | 5:30 am to 6:30 am | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm |
| CET (Berlin, Warsaw, Copenhagen…) | 10 am to 12 pm | 4 pm to 6 pm | 6 pm to 8 pm |
| UK, Ireland, Portugal | 9 am to 11 am | 3 pm to 5 pm | 5 pm to 7 pm |
| Latvia, Lithuania | 11 am to 1 pm | 5 pm to 7 pm | 7 pm to 9 pm |
| EST (New York, Toronto…) | 4 am to 6 am | 10 am to 12 pm | 12 pm to 2 pm |
| PST (Los Angeles…) | 1 am to 3 am | 7 am to 9 am | 9 am to 11 am |
| Apr-Sep | Oct-Mar | ||||
| HKT (Hong Kong…) | 4 pm to 6 pm | 10 pm to 12 am | – | 5 pm to 7 pm | – |
| AET (Sydney…) | 6 pm to 8 pm | – | – | 8 pm to 10 pm | 4 am to 6 am |
| IST (New Delhi…) | 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | 9:30 pm to 11:30 pm | 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm | 10:30 pm to 12:30 am |
- Chat with trainers.
- 14 training modules.
- 16 hours of pre-recorded training videos by trainers and experts.
- 86 on-demand videos.
- Self-guided practical exercises and tasks (practice). Estimated time: 60 hours.
- Downloadable materials.
- Estimated time to complete the programme: 24 weeks (170 hours).
- 36 weeks of access to the live sessions.
In addition, you will optionally have access to:
In-person training
FTHub 3-day In-person Immersive Training in Nature, with FTHub trainers (in English, Spanish, Italian, French, Polish, Portuguese, Korean or Chinese).
Find available immersions and prices.
Individual tutorials
FTHub Mentor, with the mentor of your choice (in English, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, Korean, Chinese and Polish).
Know your mentors, tutorials and prices.
Attending the 3-day immersions or hiring personalised tutorials is not a mandatory requirement to obtain the Certification and is not included in the price of the programme.
With this training you will be able to:
- Advise health professionals on the integration of nature connection techniques in interventions.
- Get direct access to the knowledge gained in more than 20 pilot projects with different specific populations and life cycle stages.
- Integrate nature connection techniques into your previous experience in clinical interventions.
- Discover a holistic vision of health that allows you to offer an integrative proposal in an alternative environment.
- Advise on the integration of nature connection practices in daily life to stimulate the development of healthy lifestyles.
- Design and implement Nature-based Well-being Plans.
- Learn practical tools to design Nature Connection Activities and plan them in several sequences.
- Integrate key skills using the FTHub Method and the Liquid Interactions Model to promote nature connectedness under the theoretical principles of human-nature interactions, scientific evidence and the conceptual framework of Planetary Health.
- Develop new skills in your professional work and stay at the forefront of complementary therapeutic health practices.
- Design organisational and emotional well-being and nature-based ecotourism experiences workshops to further your services offer.
- Lead the way to change with the integration of knowledge, training and development of key competencies, using the FTHub Method.
Learn from the industry leaders in an international environment
Nevin Harper
PhD | RCC | Nature-based Therapist
Leticia Ortega
PhD cum laude in Biology | LL.B. | BBA | B.Sc.Bio | B.Sc.Env
Rita Nunes da Ponte
B.A. ChemE | Art-Psychotherapist
Caitlin Keddie
Trainer
Vivian Winterhoff
Trainer
Sang Ok Kim
Trainer
Vaishnavi
Trainer
Marta Grabowska
Trainer
Marta Ayats
Training Coordinator
Pedro Trindade
Training Coordinator
Pietro Ostano
Trainer
Alex Gesse
Executive Director
Programme Contents
FTHub Certified Forest Therapy Practitioner Online Training combines theoretical content with practical experiences. The contents are distributed in 14 modules of 4 units each. Each unit has an estimated reading time of 4-6 minutes, with videos, additional content and exercises to further the understanding and integration of the content.
- Principles of health and their practical application.
- Planetary Health: principles of health and its conditioning factors.
- Path selection criteria in diverse natural environments, such as marine environments and rivers, forests, deserts and urban parks.
- Risk analysis to create a safe environment for the participants.
- Group management techniques and facilitation of dynamics that support the experience of the participants.
- Methods and skills to communicate effectively with the participants.
- Bodily components of connection.
- Practical skills for an optimal bodily experience of connection with the environment.
- Theoretical framework of the FTHub Walk Activities Sequences.
- FTHub Walk Activities Sequences.
- The Liquid Interactions Model: theoretical inspiration.
- The Liquid Interactions Model: structure, science and themes to design nature connection activities.
- From theory and science to practice: how to apply the theoretical foundations to the design of nature-based activities.
- Conceptualise and design Nature-based Well-being Plans.
- Integrate health and well-being practices under social prescribing and nature prescription.
- Fundamentals of Forest Medicine: practical integration of the main benefits of nature in human health.
- Scientific foundations and techniques to enhance your nature connectedness and support that of your participants.
- Expressive arts: practical application in Forest Bathing.
- Fundamental elements of organisational and emotional well-being nature-based experiences.
- Knowledge about ecosystems and diversity, and their impact on well-being.
- Design of Forest Therapy interventions.
- Specific populations and life cycle model.
- FTHub Liquid Interactions Model: Themes and Life Cycles.
- FTHub intervention model.
- Development of personal skills and resources to integrate the experiences.
- Expressive Arts in Nature for Forest Therapy interventions.
- Intervention evaluation and scales.
Programme Bibliography
More than 340 references and scientific articles on which the FTHub Certified Forest Therapy Practitioner Online Training is based.
Practice
- Carrying out self-guided exercises.
- Guide two Forest Bathing Walks.
- Design of a Well-being Plan.
- Design of an operationalised intervention following the FTHub Model.
Why train as a Forest Therapy Practitioner with the Forest Therapy Hub?
With this training, you will obtain a double certificate: FTHub Certified Forest Bathing Guide and FTHub Certified Forest Therapy Practitioner.
Participate in a quality training programme developed by international experts, adapted to each cultural context and in your language.
Training, interventions and workshops designed to gain competencies that support your professional development.
Practical experience with trainers, mentors and professionals focused on specific areas and with experience in integrating health care and interventions for different types of audiences (workplaces and medical assistance, among others).
Consolidate skills to guide in diverse natural environments, such as marine environments and rivers, forests, deserts and urban parks.
What our students say
Which are the profiles that participate in this training?
- Health professionals searching for the most up-to-date scientific knowledge, based on which to prescribe nature in an informed way.
- Mental health professionals, who aspire to incorporate techniques and skills into their clinical practice by offering an integrative proposal in an alternative environment.
- Ecotourism guides, well-being professionals (mindfulness, yoga, etc.) and forest school leaders who wish to integrate new practices into their offerings.
- Educators, social workers and occupational therapists seeking new therapeutic environments that enhance healthy human bonds, promote inclusion and increase functional independence, among others.
- Also, people who seek new professional paths with varied goals.
