Our Services
Equine Assisted Therapy
Equine assisted therapy is a trauma-informed, experiential therapy that involves a combination of doing activities with a horse/s and processing your experience with the therapist. Experiences are specifically tailored in consultation with you to meet your individual goals or your desired wishes for the session. If you don’t have any specific goals, not a problem, we can work with that too! We like to be flexible. We find that things just unfold naturally!!
Horse activities are all ground based. Which means there is no riding involved. Rather, you might be doing activities such as meeting the horses, spending time being in relationship with a horse, observing the horses, grooming, leading, building things, walking the horse through obstacle courses, and the like.
Do you have a fear of horses? Not a problem, we can work with you in a way that: can help you to feel safe, is on your terms, and is at your speed. If you’re still not sure, check out our Nature Based Therapy.
Equine assisted therapy is a great option for people with trauma conditions, anxiety conditions, fears, emotional dysregulation, grief & bereavement, and the like. It’s also fantastic for personal growth and wellbeing such as learning embodiment skills, learning emotional regulation skills, developing relationship skills, boundary setting skills, learning about your patterns, developing social-emotional skills, and so much more.
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“HORSES ARE POWERFUL HEALERS, TEACHERS AND CO-THERAPISTS”
Nature Based Therapy
Nature’s Therapy Room® is located in the beautiful hinterland providing the perfect backdrop for you to connect with and immerse yourself into nature. This ideal location offers you privacy and confidentiality, away from the distraction of members of the public who might be sharing the same space.
Our beautiful property offers a richness in environmental diversity. It is a peaceful place to discover yourself, grow, and improve your wellbeing.
Set in natural eucalypt bushland with two separate ravines’, there’s an abundance of wildlife ranging from birdlife (including whipbirds, eagles, king parrots, rosella’s, owls), butterflies, wallabies, goanna’s, and koala’s. No two day’s will be the same, as you never know what will present itself during your time here.
Our specially designed nature-based therapy is experientially based and integrates a range of trauma-informed therapeutic modalities and activities into your nature inspired experiences. In consultation with you, activities are crafted around your individual needs and goals.
Nature based therapy plays a core role in our wellness services. This therapy provides a rich platform of benefits for self-discovery, embodiment, self-attunement, stress reduction, and so much more.
If you are still not sure whether this type of therapy is for you, we provide a free telephone consultation so that you can discuss your needs or concerns and determine whether we are a good fit for you.
NATURE IS A POWERFUL, LIVING, DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT THAT CAN SUPPORT SELF- DISCOVERY, GROWTH AND WELLBEING
Outdoor Room Based Psychology
Escape the four walls of traditional room based therapy!
Come and experience room based practices in a more relaxed, natural bushland environment. This unique service still provides you with everything that you would receive in a normal room based session, the only difference being that it is delivered in the great outdoors.
This service provides:
psychological treatment for mental health conditions (see the conditions we treat here),
a safe place where you will be listened to and heard by a supportive, empathic, attuned psychologist.
Medicare and other rebates are available to those with a valid referral.
ESCAPE THE WALLS AND LET NATURE COMFORT YOU
ACCOMMODATING PERSONAL GROWTH, WELLBEING AND MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS
WELLBEING
Our wellness services have your wellbeing and personal health at the forefront of your experiences.
These experiences are designed to:
calm your nervous system
build emotional regulation, and
reduce the release of toxic stress related hormones to help support a stronger immune system functioning.
Great for:
stress relief
reducing tension
quietening the body and mind
learning how to be more embodied
self-attunement, and
being more self-compassionate.
GROWTH
Our growth services are designed to meet your personal growth needs.
These experiences support the development of relational, interpersonal, social, emotional and self skills.
Think along the lines of self-esteem, impulse control, problem solving, boundary setting, non-verbal communication skills, leadership, assertiveness, relationship, emotional control, and resilience skills.
We also offer horsemanship skills. Our practices help you to build a mutual relationship with the horse. A relationship that is built on respect, communcation, listening to each other, boundary setting, and offering choices. As the horses trust in you builds, they become more willing partners in your journey together.
Our mental health services are for people with a diagnosed mental health condition or a diagnosed psychosocial disability.
Whilst we pride ourselves on our trauma, anxiety, adjustment and grief services, we also provide psychological treatment for a wide range of other conditions.
All treatment is provided by a registered psychologist.
Medicare, Private Health, and self/plan managed NDIS rebates are available to eligible persons.
Whilst trauma and anxiety are our speciality, check out other conditions we treat here.
MENTAL HEALTH
WHO DO WE SEE?
We provide individual and group services to:
children 8 years & above
Teenagers & adolescents
Adults
Rebates available for:
Medicare
Private Health Insurance
NDIS self-managed & plan managed
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We recommend you wear casual weather-smart clothing (i.e. hat, sunscreen, raincoat etc).
If doing equine therapy jeans or shorts is recommended and closed in shoes is a requirement. Keep in mind that your clothing might get dirty from contact with the horses.
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We value the privacy and confidentiality of client’s sessions, so sadly no.
Exceptions to this rule is if you are in a group, couples, or family session and you are all part of the session.
Parent’s are more than welcome to stay on the premises, but are required to remain in the car.
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As much as we would love to meet your beautiful dog, sadly the answer is no.
The presence of a strange dog could unsettle the horses and make an equine therapy session unsafe.
The wildlife might also become disturbed by the dog’s scent.
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Your first session will involve completing the intake process.
If you are receiving mental health treatment this intake session will take longer than those seeking personal growth and wellbing. Processes for all services will involve answering some background questions so that we get a better understanding of you and we can better tailor your time with us. You may also be asked to complete some surveys that help us to monitor changes over time. It is likely you will be asked to do these surveys again further down the track.
Your following sessions will involve a check-in and together we will determine the focus of the session to meet your desired goals.
For equine and nature based sessions, you will be offered to participate in an acitivity. If you are not comfortable with this activity you can decline, and we will give you an alternative option/s.
After you partcipate in an equine session, your experience will be explored further with the therapist to help you process your experirence at a deeper and more meaningful level.
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Medicare rebates are only available to those with a diagnosable mental health conditon.
To be able to claim Medicare rebates you will need a valid MHTP (Mental Health Treatment Plan) from your GP.
GP’s will only issue these to people who have a diagnosable mental health condition, such as anxiety, ptsd, and the like. They will not provide a MHTP for relationship problems, personal growth or general wellbeing services.
The first MHTP is valid for 6 sessions. If you are still in need of more sessions, you will need to return to your GP to get a referral for another 4 sessions. During the pandemic, if you meet certain conditions, you may be entitled up to 20 sessions. These sessions are valid for a 12 month period from the date of referral .
To be rebated after a session, Nature’s Therapy Room® will provide you with a tax receipt showing the full amount paid. Using this tax receipt, you can claim the Medicare rebate online through Medicare’s portal, or at a Medicare office.
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Great question!
See our schedule of fees for a one hour session here.
As we offer a variety of programs with differeing prices, it is diffiucult to list all prices. Keep up to date with these great program offers on our Facebook page or subscribe to our newsletter.
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If you are booked in for an equine therapy session or an outdoor room based psychology session, your session will likely be rescheduled. This is for your safety and comfort. If a reschedule is necessary, we will contact you at least one hour prior to your session.
If you are booked in for a nature based session, we may be able to proceed if the weather is not torrential. We will call you and discuss our options. You will get the option to reschedule.
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Yes, absolutely!
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Don’t we all love a treat - horses too!
But we want the horses to connect with you at a true and deeper level. A connection where they want to be with you because of your mutual connection and relationship, not because of a treat.
So even though they would love a treat, for the sake of your relationship with them, the answer is no.