Outdoor Therapy
I offer Outdoor Therapy where you can be immersed in ancient Welsh Oak woodland and surrounded by the backdrop of Eryi (Snowdonia).
I shape each session around your unique needs—the questions you’re holding, the challenges you wish to explore. Sometimes, outdoor therapy is as simple as walking and talking, letting nature’s quiet beauty and gentle ease restore you. At other times, it becomes a more immersive experience—an invitation to deepen your connection with the living world around you and to weave that relationship into the heart of our work together.
Benefits
Outdoor Therapy offers restorative benefits for both mind and body, while fostering a deeper sense of belonging and connection. The wellbeing effects arise from a combination of factors, including hormonal responses to plant chemicals like phytoncides released by certain trees, as well as antidepressant microbes found in soil. Additionally, physical exercise and the positive shifts in cognitive functioning that occur when specific conditions are met during the nature journey which contribute to these benefits.
Experience
My approach to Outdoor Therapy is rooted in experience and shaped by many influences. For several years, I offered therapeutic support within an ecotherapy setting and designed wellbeing programmes for Coed Lleol/Small Woods Wales, a national social forestry charity. I’ve woven these experiences together with learning from the University of Derby’s research on Nature Connectedness, and Nick Totton’s Wild Therapy approach. I am also trained as a Natural Mindfulness Guide, supporting others to cultivate presence and connection outdoors. More than anything, it is my ever-deepening relationship with the more than and other than human world that continues to be my greatest teacher.
