A Place for the Ecological Third: Eco-TA in Therapeutic Practice

Abstract

Abstract In outdoor practice, the life force of the more-than-human corresponds with all kinds of human physical, emotional, and psychological issues. This dynamic process offers a distinct intersubjective and interspecies space that the author presents as the ecological third. Illuminated through a case vignette and referencing her own writings and the work of Thomas Ogden, the author’s exploration of this concept conveys some of the essence of ecological transactional analysis clinical practice.