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Soul, Nature and One Pioneering Woman – Jane Hollister Wheelwright

Researchers here at Opus Archives and Research Center have discovered that Santa Barbara local Jane Hollister Wheelwright (1905-2004), whose papers we hold, was a pioneer in the new field of ecopsychology – the new and simultaneously ancient understanding that the relationship between humans and nature is core to the human psyche. For more info on ecopsychology check out this blog.

Jane was a pioneering Jungian analyst and a direct descendant of one of California's great ranching families – the Hollister’s. So her collection here at OPUS is two-fold, to the landscape of the psyche and the land itself.

She wrote “Tepitates Journal: In Which an Old Woman Speaks Her Mind” with Audrey Hilliard Blodgett, 1991: “tepitates” is Chumash for “sacred high place”: and was the name of her retirement place on the ranch in Santa Barbara. It is in this journal that the seeds of her ecopsychology trailblazing spirit were found. “I finally reached the realization that the Divinity still needing human recognition is our own planet earth in our solar system. It is the universe that humans have taken over for their own use which needs recognition from them.” This understanding came from the “physical and spiritual passion” she had for her land. (p. B-1)

More about Jane: In addition to being a pioneering contributor to the modern field of ecopsychology, Jane was a central figure in the Jungian depth psychology movement. She studied with Carl Jung, Marie Louise von Franz, Toni Wolff and others. Further she and her husband Joseph Wheelwright were among the cofounders of the San Francisco Jung Institute which was the first Jungian Institute in the United States.

Scholars of Environmental Sustainability
Highlighting the work of Linda Buzzell-Saltzman, M.A., MFT

Linda Buzzell-Saltzman, M.A., MFT has been a marriage and family therapist since 1975. She currently practices in Woodland Hills and Santa Barbara, focusing her work on career and sustainability issues. She is the founder of the International Association for Ecotherapy and is currently co-editing Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind for Sierra Club Books. She edits Ecotherapy News, the association’s quarterly publication. Linda has also worked extensively in the entertainment industry and for two years did research for the late Capt. Jacques Cousteau on four documentaries about Antarctica. She is the author of How to Make It in Hollywood (HarperCollins) and the founder of the International Documentary Association, a professional association of documentary filmmakers. She and her husband Larry Saltzman were co-founders of the L.A. Chapter of CAMFT in the 1970s.

Just published! Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind.

Edited by Linda Buzzell- Saltzman and Craig Chalquist.

Linda now has a regular ecotherapy blog on the Huffington Post - check it out here - www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-buzzell

Linda's article “Ecopsychology – The “Green” Approach to Mental Health (Part 1)” is available here.