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Psychological relationship between humans and the natural world
Ecopsychology is an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary field that focuses on the synthesis of ecology and psychology and the promotion of sustainability. Instead of examining personal pain solely in the context of individual or family pathology, it is analyzed in its wider connection to the more than human world. A central premise is that while the mind is shaped by the modern world, its underlying structure was created in a natural non human environment. Ecopsychology seeks to expand and remedy the emotional connection between humans and nature, treating people psychologically by bringing them spiritually closer to nature.

In his 1929 book Civilization and Its Discontents ("Das Unbehagen in der Kultur"), Sigmund Freud discussed the basic tensions between civilization and the individual. He recognized the interconnection between the internal world of the mind and the external world of the environment, stating: He theorized that "the mind is nature, and nature, the mind," and called its study psychoecology. Greenway published his first essay on the topic at Brandeis University in 1963. In 1969, he began teaching the subject at Sonoma State University. Roszak mentions the biophilia hypothesis of biologist E. O. Wilson; that humans have an instinct to emotionally connect with nature.

Roszak states that an individual's connection to nature can improve their interpersonal relationships and emotional wellbeing. An integral part of this practice is treating patients outdoors. "There is a synergistic interplay between planetary and personal well being." "The core of the mind is the ecological unconscious." "The goal of ecopsychology is to awaken the inherent sense of environmental reciprocity that lies within the ecological unconscious." "The contents of the ecological unconscious represent the living record of evolution." "The crucial stage of development is the life of the child." "The ecological ego matures toward a sense of ethical responsibility with the planet." "Whatever contributes to small scale social forms and personal empowerment nourish the ecological ego."