That connection to nature is restorative and healing for our mental and physical health.

When treating clients with shame or trauma, how space is designed can make all the difference. Peter explains one simple change that practitioners can make to eliminate triggers of shame. https://www.nicabm.com/one-common-mistake-practitioners-make-that-can-heighten-a-clients-shame/ Let's take this one step further. What if your client is a veteran suffering from combat PTSD? Research indicates that certain design elements can both trigger or alleviate anxiety for these cl

The emerging field of evidence-based design (EBD) is quickly gaining traction based on decades of scientific research. Largely applied in health care settings, this field of expertise has seen a new way of thinking in architecture and design of health care facilities to create integrative restorative environments that improve patient outcomes. Our physical surroundings have a direct and immediate impact on mood and behaviour. Pretty sure we already knew this on a basic leve