Adventure-Based Therapy

Adventure-based therapy offers an alternative to traditional indoor counselling by integrating movement, nature, and meaningful activity into the therapeutic process. Sessions take place outdoors and are tailored to your comfort level, interests, and therapeutic goals.

For many clients, this begins with walk-and-talk therapy in nature. These sessions are readily available throughout much of the year and are offered whenever weather and conditions allow. Walking side by side often reduces the intensity of face-to-face conversation and can make therapy feel more natural, spacious, and accessible.

For those interested in more active or immersive experiences, therapy may also be integrated into activities such as mountain biking, sledding to backcountry cabins, or surfing. These offerings are not available year-round and depend on seasonal conditions, safety considerations, and therapist availability. Some of these experiences may be offered in small groups rather than individual sessions, allowing for shared connection, reflection, and learning alongside others.

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Adventure-based therapy can be especially supportive for people who feel constrained by traditional office settings, who find movement helpful for managing anxiety or stress, or who connect more easily through doing rather than sitting face-to-face. Sessions are always trauma-informed, collaborative, and adapted to your physical abilities and experience level.

Being outdoors can reduce pressure, soften defences, and make difficult conversations feel more accessible. Movement often helps people regulate their nervous systems, access emotions more naturally, and think with greater clarity. Nature also provides powerful metaphors for growth, resilience, boundaries, and change that can deepen therapeutic work in ways that feel organic rather than forced.

The focus of adventure-based therapy is not on performance or pushing limits. Instead, movement and nature are used intentionally to support nervous system regulation, emotional processing, insight, and growth. Being outdoors can soften defences, reduce pressure, and open up new ways of relating to thoughts, emotions, and challenges.

If you are curious about integrating nature and adventure into your healing process, we are happy to explore together what approach might feel right for you.