Outdoor Therapy

Walking and talking changes something. There's less pressure outside: no eye contact to manage, no room to feel self-conscious. Moving through a landscape, watching the light shift, hearing birdsong. Something in us relaxes. And from that place, things that felt hard to say often come a little more easily.

John Muir’s words describe an experience which means more than just being in nature; it resonates with me, saying something about journeying inwards, to discover the long lost parts of ourselves, claiming our joy again, connecting to our authenticity. By immersing ourselves in nature, we can re-connect to supressed emotions, long forgotten memories, can return. Remember being a child, and how freeing it was to play, sit under a tree or watch the clouds pass by. This is the beauty of therapy.

I've found that being outdoors helps people access parts of themselves that don't always come through in a counselling room. There's something about movement, and about being in a place bigger than our problems, that creates space for insight.

I offer outdoor sessions in and around Auchtermuchty, Fife and Perth & Kinross. Sessions take place in natural settings: woodlands, riverside paths, open countryside, wherever you feel comfortable.