Michael Owen MA is an author and clinical psychologist. After a first degree in zoology, he has been a psychotherapist and clinical psychologist for over forty years, latterly in public and private practice in New Zealand. He has studied at the C G Jung Institute, Zurich and has led wilderness retreats in Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and Botswana. He now lives in the Waterberg, Limpopo, South Africa. For over thirty years he has worked closely with a group of indigenous elders.

Recent presentations

Terra Mortis: The Memory of Trees, the Disobedience of Water and the Emigration of the Self. SAAJA (Southern Africa Association of Jungian Analysts) Public Program, August 2025.

Our Ailments and the Earth. Jung Society of Vancouver, Saturday Seminar Series, March 2022.

Terra Mortis: The Pathology of Hope and the Death of the Earth. Te Ipu Taiao, The Climate Crucible, NZ Association of Psychotherapists Conference, March 2020.