Dr. James Liter, Ph.D.

I am passionate about the human relationships to and between psyche and nature. I have been a practicing ecotherapist and Jungian coach for 25 years. Working with the unconscious, the archetypes, complexes, and projections, I have helped many people around the world improve their relationships to psyche and world, empowering mutual wellness and belonging with the Earth, more authentic life decisions, and more energy for the challenges of modern life. I offer both remote sessions and local sessions at the Hilltending Campus in western Michigan.

Schedule a free consultation at https://root-and-leaf.com/schedule-your-free-30-minute-hilltending-consultation/

Jungian based ecotherapy and depth psychology coaching are two different but inter-related modalities of my coaching process known as Hilltending. Depending on your goals and desired results, I offer both modalities. In Hilltending, the “Hill” we are tending is a layered metaphor. It might, at times, be an actual hill, but more often it is a feature of our inner topography, our psychological relationship with ourselves, others, and the world (including the natural and cultural worlds). You can find more about the right type of Hilltending for you on my web site.

Hilltending as Jungian Ecotherapy and Depth Psychology Coaching modalities both utilize Jungian 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 of the framework suggests 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.

The important thing to remember is that Hilltending does not force us into any one box at a given time or in any certain order. Such forced conformity might be appropriate for and work fine with other types of coaching, but when we are working with the unconscious layers of psyche, it is essential that we listen first.

Schedule your free 30 minute consultation at https://root-and-leaf.com/schedule-your-free-30-minute-hilltending-consultation/