Become an FTHub Certified
Forest Therapy Practitioner

Module 1 – FTHub Conceptual Framework

• Principles of health and their practical application.
• Planetary Health: principles of health and its contributing factors.

Module 2 – Knowledge to Design Nature Experiences

• Path selection criteria in diverse natural environments, such as marine environments, rivers, forests, deserts, and urban parks.
• Risk analysis to create a safe environment for the participants.

Module 3 – Skills and Techniques to Guide Nature Experiences

• Group management techniques and facilitation of dynamics that support the experience of the participants.
• Methods and skills to communicate effectively with the participants.

Module 4 – Relation Between Nature and Humans

• Somatic components of connection.
• Practical skills for an optimal bodily experience of connection with the environment.

Module 5 – FTHub Method: Sequences

• Theoretical framework of the FTHub Walk Activities Sequences.
• FTHub Walk Activities Sequences.

Module 6 – FTHub Method: Liquid Interactions Model

• 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.

Module 7 – Nature-Based Well-being Plan, Social Prescribing and Green Prescription

• Conceptualize and design Nature-Based Well-being Plans.
• Integrate health and well-being practices under social prescribing and nature prescription.

Module 8 – Theories, Science, and Scientific Research

• 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.

Module 9 – Expressive Arts in Nature and Skills to Integrate Nature-Based Well-being Practices into Professional Contexts

• Expressive arts: practical application in Forest Bathing.
• Fundamental elements of organizational and emotional well-being nature-based experiences.

Module 10 – Skills for Selecting Healthy Spaces: urban parks, green and aquatic environments

• Knowledge about ecosystems and diversity, and their impact on well-being. 

Module 11 – Design of Forest Therapy Interventions

• The steps and elements to be considered when designing a Forest Therapy intervention.
• The life cycles 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 them, based on scientific studies.

Module 12 – FTHub Nature-Based intervention model

• The FTHub 5 Components of Nature-Based Interventions.
• FTHub Forest Therapy Intervention Program.
• Operationalized Forest Therapy Interventions grounded in +30 pilot research projects.
• Programs with intervention recommendations by Life Cycle and by Specific Populations following the FTHub Method.

Module 13 – Group Dynamics: general well-being and the link to clinical, social, and holistic applications

• Development of personal skills and resources to support the integration of experiences.

Module 14 – Nature-Based Expressive Arts as an intervention tool

• Expressive Arts in Nature for Forest Therapy interventions.
• Intervention evaluation and scales.