about outdoor
therapy with me

  I am a walk and talk therapist.

Have you thought of a different way of doing therapy?

The therapy isn't just about talking. 

It's about taking a walk, experiencing the nature around you while accessing your thoughts and emotions in a therapy setting.

We take the therapeutic conversations into the outdoors with walk and talk therapy. It's partly about being free from the constraints of traditional therapy, where you process your thoughts to the rhythm of your own footsteps.

The therapy takes place in an agreed outdoor space

It could take place through:

• walking and talking

• sitting on a bench / log / camping chair

• a mix of walking & talking and sitting

The route could be:

• agreed on, or

• determined as we go along

In outdoor therapy, we agree on the place and the setting together, to suit you. It is important that you feel safe in your choices.

We will agree between us on what we do if the following events take place

• if either of us meets someone we know

• if we meet a dog who wants attention (and owner is apologising)

• if there is a significant change in the weather during the session

The weather

• I will check the day before on the conditions and allow for a discussion on changing the agreed route / meeting place if there is a severe weather forecast / heavy rain etc.

Safety

• I have a GPS tracker with an SOS facility which is supported by a contact team.