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Ruth AllenRuth Allen PhD is a qualified outdoor counsellor/psychotherapist, person-centred therapeutic coach, and an experienced trainer and facilitator. She specialises in outdoor practice, nature connection and the power of relationship and she is interested in how we make meaning of our lives, the stories we tell, and the things we’ve been through. To further understand Ruth's work outdoors, see the video below that was created with Millican and Sim Warren and was selected as a Vimeo staff pick.
Alongside her therapy work, Ruth is a keen adventurer. In autumn 2018, she ran solo and unsupported across the Bosnian Dinaric Alps, an assumed world first. Day-to-day she enjoys the small adventures and can be found kayaking, running and biking in the UK uplands. She enjoys inspiring people through new adventures that combine her love for place, people and purpose. In 2019, Ruth took on the supervisory role of CIC Director for ‘Rooted for Girls’ a unique woodland-based psycho-educational programme for teenage girls in the North of England. Ruth's first book GROUNDED was published in 2021. Visit Ruth's website Follow her on Instagram Follow her on twitter |
Praise for Ruth Allen
Praise for Grounded
'Allen’s tone is gentle and affirming and her vocabulary almost entirely jargon-free. She addresses a great many of our 21st-century neuroses and, by outlining various ways we can interact with nature, teases out the benefits of plugging ourselves back into our natural environment – even if the only scrap of accessible greenery is a patch of scrubby urban wasteland.' Countryfile
'Grounded is an exquisitely produced book...Ruth’s desire to understand what it means to be alive is contagious, making for an intelligent, heartfelt introduction to working with the natural world. ' Ecopsychology UK
'Well researched, beautiful pictures and written by someone who lives this stuff ... its a beautiful book in many ways. Not just a wonderful read but... an invitation to connect with self and nature more deeply.' Amazon Reviewer
Praise for Grounded
'Allen’s tone is gentle and affirming and her vocabulary almost entirely jargon-free. She addresses a great many of our 21st-century neuroses and, by outlining various ways we can interact with nature, teases out the benefits of plugging ourselves back into our natural environment – even if the only scrap of accessible greenery is a patch of scrubby urban wasteland.' Countryfile
'Grounded is an exquisitely produced book...Ruth’s desire to understand what it means to be alive is contagious, making for an intelligent, heartfelt introduction to working with the natural world. ' Ecopsychology UK
'Well researched, beautiful pictures and written by someone who lives this stuff ... its a beautiful book in many ways. Not just a wonderful read but... an invitation to connect with self and nature more deeply.' Amazon Reviewer
