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Megan Delaney PhD, LPC

About

Dr. Megan Delaney has a PhD in Counselor Education from Montclair State University and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Professional Counseling at Monmouth University (MU) in Long Branch, New Jersey. Her research explores the influence of natural world on our mental health and the use of Ecotherapy in clinical practice and the counselor education classroom. Trained in outdoor leadership through the National Outdoor Leadership School, Dr. Delaney spent several years as a wilderness instructor for organizations including the National Wildlife Federation and Outward Bound. Today she infuses Ecotherapy in her private practice with clients. Dr. Delaney’s book “Nature is Nurture: Counseling and the Natural World” (2020) is published through Oxford University Press.

Megan can be reached at megandelaneyphd@gmail.com

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Recent Posts
A Spoonful of Nature Helps the Pandemic Go Down

Pandemic fatigue and seasonal affective disorder loom with the changing of the seasons. A few minutes in nature can go a long way.

Pandemic fatigue and seasonal affective disorder loom with the changing of the seasons. A few minutes in nature can go a long way.

Teaching in Nature: Taking the Classroom Outside

In response to the pandemic, teachers need to modify instruction. One way is to take the classroom outside; benefits include improved focus and reduced stress.

In response to the pandemic, teachers need to modify instruction. One way is to take the classroom outside; benefits include improved focus and reduced stress.

Black Lives Matter in Nature

Lack of diversity is something we often notice in the workplace, government, wealthy neighborhoods, etc. But where are all the Black people in nature?

Lack of diversity is something we often notice in the workplace, government, wealthy neighborhoods, etc. But where are all the Black people in nature?

Hello Nature, My Old Friend…

Have you explored your relationship with nature? Such is the heart of ecopsychology, the study of the intrinsic connection between the health of the planet and human well-being.

Have you explored your relationship with nature? Such is the heart of ecopsychology, the study of the intrinsic connection between the health of the planet and human well-being.

What If Nature Is Closed?

What if they close nature? Why we must behave in the great outdoors (and ways to cope at home).

What if they close nature? Why we must behave in the great outdoors (and ways to cope at home).