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November 2025

The Healing Power of Nature: How Nature-Based Therapy Transforms Addiction Recovery

Three AM. You're pacing. Again. What if the answer to addiction recovery wasn't in a clinic—but in a garden?

 

Most rehab happens under fluorescent lights in rooms that smell like disinfectant. But research shows your nervous system needs something different—something living. Nature-based therapy isn't about tree-hugging platitudes. It's about using forests, gardens, and outdoor spaces as legitimate medicine alongside proven treatments like EMDR and CBT. Here's what happens when healing moves outside, and why Los Angeles rehab centers like Wish Recovery are integrating ecotherapy into comprehensive dual diagnosis care.