The Hilltending Framework
Hilltending as Jungian Ecotherapy and Depth Psychology Coaching modalities both utilize depth psychological techniques of coming into dialogue with the unconscious layers of psyche. Both modalities are engaged from within the same overall process. At the beginning of the Hilltending process, we will engage the first two phases (“Assessing the Terrain" and “Mapping the Topography"). In these initial sessions, we will get to know one another and listen to what psyche is saying.
After this, the Hilltending process is fluid and dynamic and will unfold in a unique way for each individual and in each session. The overall circular structure suggest that the Hilltending process is not linear and the phases do not necessarily happen in a certain order. Hilltending can be experienced as a dance as we follow the lead of psyche. All parts of the Hilltending process are interconnected and we might find ourselves working in more than one of the phases at the same time.
