programs

Wedgetail Therapy offers a range of programs  that are experiential, effective, and adaptable to the unique needs of each individual or group. 

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what we offer

Our programs draw on the latest research and understandings in counselling, eco-psychology and mindfulness. We offer sessions in our purpose built all weather barn and creative practice rooms and outdoors in nature.

our services include:
earth school

kids in the bush

day retreats

professional development

leadership

writing & creativity coaching

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earth school

Earth School is a social and emotional skills program working with nature and animals. Being outdoors in open spaces increases the freedom to choose in ways that indoor learning rooms cannot. Working with horses and nature is an experimental (learn by doing )educational opportunity. We foster nature-horse-people connections that can be profoundly moving and healing. 

We focus on the development of interrelationship and communication skills grounded in self responsibility, and on empowerment to make healthier behaviour choices.

Benefits:

Building relationships

Increased self-esteem 

Increased trust in intuition and instinct

Feeling more at home in the body 

Acceptance, tolerance and finding a place

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This program will help young people get curious in nature while developing active awareness and a connection to all the senses.

Every school term – 9 or 10  weeks  – I  x 3 hour session per week, refreshments  included  

$POA – NDIS funding suitable

Neurodivergent, school can’t be homeschooled.

This inclusive program is a great support for young people who are experiencing nature deficiency, feeling disengaged or are searching for where they fit in the world.

Maximum – 6 participants (1:3 therapist/ participant ratio)
– Group 1  – 8 to 12 years
– Group 2- 13 to 16  years

  • Mindful awareness in the bush including quiet and aware walking    
  • Hand crafts and art practices with found objects  
  • Interactions with horses and animals including how to care and understand horses with empathy. Learning boundaries, assertiveness and emotional regulation from the herd 
  • Cooking making healthy lunches from the garden and local soured foods, including learning how to nourish self and know and respect where food comes from 
  • Farming and agricultural tasks such as using hand tools tools such as shovels, rakes, wheelbarrows and learning to drive  the ride on mower / tractor 
  • Outdoor adventure skills including playing in dam, fire building and fishing/yabbying 
  • Gardening  learning to grow veggies , herbs and relationships with self and others
  • Tailor activities to individual and group needs and dynamics. Activities will be weather dependent.
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kids in the bush

A School holiday program for kids to go bush exploring, gardening, horse play, nature based art and camp cooking.

Is your child glued to devices? Do you want them to spend more time outside?

Nature deficiency is a modern reality for many kids. Kids need to be able to explore their environment and get dirty. Messy play is a natural way for children to develop real life skills.  

The benefits of our program include (but are not limited to!):

Innovative community participation

Improved  social skills and connections

Learn new skills in managing  their environment and physical bodies

Reconnecting to real life and sense of self in the world 

Great sense of self sufficiency and practical skills

The experience of joy and wonder in nature

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3-4 hour sessions. Please contact us for more information.

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This is being offered to a maximum of 6 children from 8 to 12 years. All abilities catered for. 

We will:

  • Engage in movement, play, dirt, group activity, bush walking, building cabbies & friendships .
  • Enjoy nature, planting seeds of fun 
  • Make lunch and eat together – Learning about campfire cooking, marshmallows and damper 
  • Group art projects
  •  Explore and learn about  nature including insects and bugs, frogs, flowers, fruit and veggies
  • Experience farm life
  •  Learn about animal welfare and horse care
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day retreats for women

Time ‘in’ at Wedgetail Therapy where we ask ourselves What’s possible for me? What do I really love? 

If you feel sometimes like you give so much, and the balance is out, then a day retreat at Wedgetail Therapy is a gift you can give yourself to help restore your sense of self. Return to the place you know your heart aches for – where you can reset and revive.

Let us help to remind you of your value. Let us nourish your soul and surround you in an embrace of warm support.

Benefits:

Set your boundaries

Enliven your senses

Find moments of grace and gratitude that will carry you into the next day and the next.

Wander and wonder in nature and experience an abundance from Mother Earth

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Enquire to secure your preferred date

POA Depends on group size (max 4)

Bond with like minded women, or choose quietude – it’s your choice

We will: 

  • Interact with horses and find a new sense of herd
  • Give our precious time to creative endeavour, write paint, draw, felt, whatever.
  • Live, laugh and restore our sense of peace, agency and delight.
  • Breathe out and feel how the horses help us find our calm centre
  • Move your body and express the joy of being alive and free

All activities will be at the level of invitation.

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“Nature is our strongest ally and for this one day retreat you will be immersed in a world that asks nothing of you other than to show up.”

professional development and self care

We offer professional development and self care days/programs for allied health professionals and those in the helping professions. We can also offer family programs.

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innate leadership

Our Innate Leadership one-day program invites you and your team to ‘be outside’ and discover how reconnecting with nature is a powerful antidote to the stresses of the modern world, and help you discover how your own unique attributes and skills can enhance your professional and personal life

What would it feel like to walk on ground that has no premade path? To step out of the manmade world of offices and deadlines and experience a world not far way with its own sense of timing and place?

Our program provides experiential learning that is transferable to everyday life. We draw on the theories and practices of mindfulness, eco therapy, positive mental health practices and Equine Facilitated Learning to provide participants with a comprehensive and satisfying experience.

By arrangement. We will develop a purpose-built session for your organisation.

POA Depends on group size (4 -6 max)

This program provides important tools that aid in the wellbeing of individuals and therefore the organisations they work for. It is an absolutely necessary response to the increasing demands of working life, increased sedentary lifestyle trends and over reliance on screens. For urban dwellers and workers, this reconnect to nature can be profound.

We will: 

  • Discover innate leadership styles that support healthy positive relationships
  • Build a sense of community among your people
  • Reconnect with nature, get back in your body and rediscover your sense of wonder
  • Explore how creativity can enhance problem solving
  • Discover stress-balancing strategies you can use every day
  • Nature provides many opportunities for learning about leadership style and developing self-agency. Horses provide direct feedback that can illuminate where we are being dominant, instead of partnering, how our nonverbal communication/body language is influencing our message and the role of mutual trust in achieving objectives.
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some of our clients

writing & creativity coaching

Personalised sessions to cultivate your writing practice. One to one in nature, with the herd.

A writing coach can:

Help you with tips for overcoming procrastination and other blocks along the way 

Be an important and independent sounding board for your ideas and developments

Keep you accountable, and support you with check ins

Provide editorial support and problem solving along the way

Help you finetune your manuscript (for publication)

By appointment

Please enquire.  Sessions may be funded through the NDIS with appropriate goals.

Anyone interested in developing a pleasurable and practical writing practice.  Procrastinators, memoirists, poets and writers at any stage.

  • Wedgetail Therapy Centre, Launching Place (with access to barn, paddock and forest), or
  • Online: Zoom, Skype or the digital platform of your choice.
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When it comes to life writing, a writing coach who has the appropriate training and skills can also support you on an emotional level as you process memories, relationships and other triggers that may surface.

Lindy Schneider is a published author with a post-graduate diploma of Arts in Writing and a Diploma in Professional Writing and Editing. Lindy is accredited with Life Stories Australia.

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“That awe, wonder and beauty promote healthier levels of cytokines suggests the things we do to experience these emotions – a walk in nature, losing oneself in music, beholding art – has a direct influence upon health and life expectancy.

Dr Dacher Keltner, Psychologist, California University, Berkeley
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