Table 1.
Key points related to each trauma-informed principle.
Table 1 provides SAMHSA definitions for each of the six principles of a trauma informed approach along with examples from interviews with forest therapy guides of how these principles appear during forest therapy walks. SAMHSA, 2014.
Fig 1.
Fig 1 illustrates the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy standard sequence of events used to guide a forest therapy experience. Clifford and Page, 2020.
Fig 2.
Forest therapy core training topics.
Fig 2 summarizes the topics explored in the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy training program. ANFT, 2021.
Table 2.
Key implementation considerations.
Table 2 provides themes that appeared during interviews with forest therapy guides related to key implementation considerations for the CSU forest therapy pilot program (recruitment of guides, training, inclusivity and accessibility of walks, and marketing and messaging).