Democratised + flexible nature-based health & well-being quality training.
How does FTHub training work?
1 – GET YOUR CERTIFICATE WITH FTHUB ONLINE TRAINING
2 – ENHANCE YOUR TRAINING WITH 3-DAY IN-PERSON IMMERSIVE TRAINING IN NATURE
Attending FTHub 3-Day In-Person Training is not a mandatory requirement to obtain the Certification.
Live online training
FTHub CERTIFIED Forest Therapy Practitioner
Scientific evidence and professional experience put into practice
Start whenever you want, create your own calendar by choosing the days and times of live classes with trainers and calls with mentors that best suit you.
Registrations will remain open until the monthly admission quotas are filled.
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.
Double certificate
With this training you will obtain a double certificate: FTHub Certified Forest Bathing Guide and FTHub Certified Forest Therapy Practitioner.
24 weeks (170 hours)
Estimated time to complete the programme
- 20-30 minutes a day
- LANGUAGE: English
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At your own pace
Attend as many live sessions as you want, choosing from the available times.
| 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…) | 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.
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.
Bring out your best with inspiring leaders in the field in an international environment
Nevin Harper
PhD | RCC | Nature-based Therapist
Canada
Leticia Ortega
PhD cum laude in Biology | LL.B. | BBA | B.Sc.Bio | B.Sc.Env
Spain
Rita Nunes da Ponte
B.A. ChemE | Art-Psychotherapist
Portugal
Caitlin Keddie
Trainer
United Kingdom
Vivian Winterhoff
Trainer
USA
Sang Ok Kim
Trainer
Hong Kong
Vaishnavi
Trainer
India
Marta Grabowska
Trainer
Poland
Marta Ayats
Training Manager
Spain
Pedro Trindade
Training Manager
Portugal
Pietro Ostano
Trainer
Italy
Alex Gesse
Executive Director
Spain
Emma Sánchez
Trainer
Colombia
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.
- The steps and elements that need to be considered when designing a Forest Therapy intervention.
- The life cycle model and the importance of the Liquid Interactions Model (LIM) in designing appropriate interventions.
- Specific populations: vulnerable populations and mental health disorders and how Forest Bathing/Therapy can alleviate these, based on scientific studies.
- FTHub Forest Therapy Intervention Programme.
- Operationalised Forest Therapy Interventions grounded on 20 pilot research projects.
- Programmes with intervention recommendations by Life Cycle and by Specific Populations following the FTHub Method.
- Development of personal skills and resources to support the integration of 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
- Self-guided exercises: these serve as practical tools to integrate into your professional practice, and as a self-reflective practice to internalise concepts.
- Guide two Forest Bathing Walks: to support the integration of techniques and the development of skills for the practical application of scientific evidence in health, well-being and nature connectedness.
- Design of a Nature-based Well-being Plan: integrate the theoretical knowledge and the steps needed to design a nature-based well-being plan and implement it as a health care workshop or retreat for tourism.
- Design a Nature-based Intervention following the operationalised FTHub Intervention Programme grounded on the FTHub Method.
It is a certification requirement to have completed a “First Aid Training” or “Wilderness First Aid Training” and a “Mental Health First Aid Training”, as part of your Mentored Practice. This is not included in the training fee.
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.
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.
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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.
FTHub 3-day in-person immersive training with FTHub trainers, in English:
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
Hong Kong
- 30/09/2022
- 02/10/2022
- English
360 €
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
USA, California
- 21/04/2023
- 23/04/2023
- English
420 €
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
India, Pangot
- 28/04/2023
- 30/04/2023
- English
260 €
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
Portugal, Azores
- 05/05/2023
- 07/05/2023
- English
360 €
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
Scotland, Southern Uplands
- 12/05/2023
- 14/05/2023
- English
420 €
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
Latvia, Gauja National Park
- 16/06/2023
- 18/06/2023
- English
360 €
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
Slovenia, Rogla Plateau
- 30/06/2023
- 02/07/2023
- English
360 €
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
USA, New England
- 22/09/2023
- 24/09/2023
- English
420 €
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
Hong Kong
- 29/09/2023
- 01/10/2023
- English
360 €
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
India, Goa
- 24/11/2023
- 26/11/2023
- English
260 €
3-day Nature Immersions with FTHub trainers, in other languages:
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
Chile, Valdivia
- 11/11/2022
- 13/11/2022
- Spanish
360 €
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
Chile, Viña del Mar
- 24/03/2023
- 26/03/2023
- Spanish
360 €
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
Italy, Rome
- 28/04/2023
- 30/04/2023
- Italian
360 €
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
Argentina, La Cumbrecita
- 12/05/2023
- 14/05/2023
- Spanish
220 €
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
Spain, La Garrotxa
- 19/05/2023
- 21/05/2023
- Spanish
420 €
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
Poland, Urle
- 09/06/2023
- 11/06/2023
- Polish
420 €
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
France, Monts d’Ardèche
- 16/06/2023
- 18/06/2023
- French
420 €
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
Colombia, Zipacón
- 21/07/2023
- 23/07/2023
- Spanish
360 €
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
Italy, Valsugana
- 01/09/2023
- 03/09/2023
- Italian
360 €
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
Portugal, Sintra
- 29/09/2023
- 01/10/2023
- Portuguese
360 €
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
Spain, Urkiola Natural Park
- 06/10/2023
- 08/10/2023
- Spanish
420 €
3-Day Immersion
FTHub In-person Immersive Training
Chile, Valdivia
- 10/11/2023
- 12/11/2023
- Spanish
360 €
