By Jaymie Hooper – Body & Soul magazine
Category: Press Releases
The rise of nature-based therapy to support mental health
By Jill Stark April 25, 2019 — The Sydney Morning Herald There is a park near my apartment that has become like a second home. When anxiety has me in its teeth, it is my place of quiet retreat. I sit listening to the wind whistle through the leaves of the ancient English elms, and, for a while, the chatter in my head is placed on mute. Therapists are prescribing getting out into nature as way to support mental health. The great outdoors is a natural healer. There’s something innately…
Nature Based Therapy: The New Way To Reduce Stress
By Mia Castagnone You’ve heard of the Therapaws, now get ready for Nature Based Therapy! Victoria-based organisation, Nature Based Therapy, offers counselling, group activities, retreats and diploma courses to medical students and professionals in nature therapy. The organisation was founded by Kit Kline, a Canadian-born counsellor and educator in the social and community services sector with 17 years of experience under her belt. Kit realised the positive effect of being outdoors to mental health treatment after taking her counselling sessions outside. She noticed clients seemed more at ease and more…