海角社区 offers several distinct training programmes for people interested in developing their therapeutic skills in the outdoors.听
海角社区鈥檚 clinical Outdoor Therapy Service has developed various trainings to introduce therapeutic practitioners to an ethical, safe and creative outdoor therapy practice.听听
The Outdoor Therapy Training is built on 海角社区鈥檚 40-years of experience of working with complex clients in outdoor environments.
It has been developed by a team of multi-modality accredited therapists with decades of collective experience facilitating outdoor therapy and wilderness therapy.
Our training is designed for anyone interested in developing their understanding of working therapeutically outdoors. This may include psychotherapists, counsellors, psychologists, art therapists, psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, and other allied mental health professionals, as well as, social workers, outdoor instructors, forest schoolteachers, etc. Through the training aspects such as: boundaries, the setting, best practice, managing risk, working with metaphor and creative exercises in a nature-based practice, will be covered.
1 Day Outdoor Therapy Training: Ta(l)king Therapy Outdoors听
A taster of working therapeutically outdoors.
This one-day training offers an initial introduction to working therapeutically outdoors, suited for those who may be curious to get a sense of what it means to be working in a natural environment.
It will cover the core themes that arise when doing therapeutic or personal development work in nature. For example, a therapist wanting to take their clients out of the practice room, a support worker who would like to conduct a one-to-one session in the outdoors or a forest schools practitioner working with individuals with complex needs.听
1 Day Learning Outcomes听
- Building and holding a frame outdoors
- Boundaries outdoors
- Introduction to Best Practice
- Experiential reflective practice exercises outdoors
- Group and individual reflection
- Discussion on outdoor therapeutic practice
Dates and Locations
Friday 11th July 2025: 9:30am-4:30pm
Edinburgh (specific location tbc)
Friday 22nd August: 9:30am-4:30pm
Glasgow (specific location tbc)
Please note: If you have any accessibility needs that we can support with, please don鈥檛 hesitate to get in touch at: info@venturetrust.org.uk.
Course Fees 听
1 Day Training - self funded: 拢160
1 Day Training - paid by organisation: 拢185
These fees are for the training and do not include accommodation or food.听
Booking
Please email听info@venturetrust.org.uk听to enquire about booking a space for this training programme. Bookings close 4 weeks prior to course start.
The training has been designed with accessibility in mind. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss any questions around access with us.
2 Day Outdoor Therapy Training: An Introduction听
An introduction to working therapeutically outdoors.听听
This two-day training will introduce and explore the themes and issues that emerge when working therapeutically outdoors. It will give practitioners a chance to experience and practice skills, and develop their understanding of their nature-based practice.听
2 Day Learning Outcomes听
- Building and holding a frame outdoors听听
- Boundaries outdoors
- Risk听
- Introduction to Good Practice听
- Space to comprehend one鈥檚 own relationship to nature听
- Triad work听
- Experiential reflective practice exercise outdoors听
- Working with metaphor听
- Theory听
- Tools and resources for outdoor therapeutic work听听
- Group and individual reflection
Dates and Locations
Friday 19th and Saturday 20th September 2025: 10am-4:30pm
Three Hares Community Woodland, Roslin EH25 9QB
Please note: The trainings will take place at two different sites. Redhall Walled Garden can be accessed by wheelchair and offers quieter indoor spaces. Three Hares Community Woodland does not have wheelchair access. If you have any accessibility needs that we can support with, please don鈥檛 hesitate to get in touch at: info@venturetrust.org.uk.
Course Fees 听
2 Day Training - self funded: 拢320
2 Day Training - paid by organisation: 拢365
These fees are for the training and do not include accommodation or food.听
Booking
Please email听info@venturetrust.org.uk听to enquire about booking a space for this training programme. Bookings close 4 weeks prior to course start.
The training has been designed with accessibility in mind. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss any questions around access with us.
Bespoke Training and Consultation for Organisations
Consultation and bespoke design of outdoor therapy services and training for organisations听
We offer consultation and bespoke training offers for organisations looking to establish outdoor therapy services, or looking to train their teams in outdoor therapy.
The consultation process will allow an organisation to understand how they might establish an ethical and safe outdoor therapy service. This will be considered in the context of the organisation, the staff-team, the client-group, the greenspace and the community.
Areas considered in consultation
- Risk and safety
- Ethical practice
- Organisational policy
- Policy specific to Outdoor Therapy
- Insurance
- Client group
- Assessment process
- Greenspace considerations
- Staff-team and organisational set-up
- Service design
- Training in outdoor therapy skills
For further information please contact: info@venturetrust.org.uk
Who is the Training For?听听
- 1 Day Training is designed for counsellors, psychotherapists and related professions, for example, outdoor instructors, forest school practitioners etc.
- 2 Day and 4 Day Training is designed for counsellors, psychotherapists and all allied mental health professionals, for example, art therapists, psychiatrists etc.
*These trainings are designed to serve as stand-alone trainings independently of one-another, or in conjunction with one-another.
About the Training Organisation听
海角社区 has an extensive history of offering outdoor therapy, personal development and psychotherapeutic programmes in natural and wilderness locations in Scotland. Since the 1980s, the organisation has been working with complex clients in outdoor environments, often working with issues such as the effects of trauma, isolation, involvement in the criminal justice system and recovery from problem substance use.听听
Drawing on the collective knowledge and experience of the organisation, 海角社区 has developed a training programme and consultancy offer to help accompany other professionals and organisations that are interested in starting an ethical and safe outdoor therapy practice or service.听
You can learn more about our Outdoor Therapy service here.
About the Training Facilitators听
The training programmes are facilitated by the 海角社区 Outdoor Therapy Service.听听
The team is made up of accredited therapists and counsellors of varying modalities, some of whom also hold professional outdoor qualifications.听
- All facilitators are accredited with BACP, UKCP, BCP, COSCA, BAAT or an equivalent governing body.听
- All facilitators are currently working therapeutically in outdoor or wilderness environments.听
"I have worked in mental health for over 5 years and this training was the most informative and well delivered of the many trainings that I have been on in that time."
"I really enjoyed the training and think the facilitators did a brilliant job of delivering it. The site was fantastic and I came away feeling motivated and more confident - exactly what I'd hope from such a course."
"I was especially impressed with the skill, openness and enthusiasm of the facilitators."
"I hadn't expected the training to feel so personally therapeutic. When I experienced that, it not only brought the theory of outdoor therapy to life, but also affirmed that when I am working and moving through an environment that feels therapeutic, I may have a better chance of creating/providing that same rich therapeutic experience to clients."
Contact听
Please contact us here for further information: info@venturetrust.org.uk听
