Anne Appel,PhD

I have always had a love for nature and appreciate its healing power. I came to Texas 30 years ago for graduate school, and I fell in love with all of the opportunities to be in nature such as rowing on Lady Bird Lake, hiking Big Bend and walking on the beach on South Padre Island. When I was a therapist in a wilderness program I saw first hand the power of nature as a therapeutic intervention. I strengthened my knowledge and skills in experiential, outdoor therapy, by completing training as a Low Ropes facilitator for an outdoor challenge course.

I integrated my love for nature based therapy in my therapy groups and in my outdoor intensive intervention for divorced families. I have recently completed nature based therapy training with the Somatic Nature Therapy Institute.