🌱 Eco-Therapy in Adelaide

What is Eco-Therapy?

Eco-therapy, also called nature-based therapy, blends professional counselling with the healing presence of the natural world. Sessions are held outdoors — walking, sitting, or gently moving — so you can connect with yourself in ways that feel grounding, restorative, and safe.

Nature provides a unique space for slowing down, releasing stress, and rediscovering balance.

It also offers a supportive way to meet eco-grief and eco-anxiety — the feelings that arise as we witness ecological change and loss. In nature, we can honour these emotions while cultivating resilience, belonging, and hope.

Who Is It For?

Eco-therapy may be right for you if you’re:

• Feeling anxious, stressed, or overwhelmed

• Working through trauma or life transitions

• Longing for deeper connection and grounding

• Drawn to nature as part of your healing journey

• Experiencing eco-anxiety or eco-grief about our changing world

• Seeking resilience and grounded ways of facing uncertainty

How It Works

1. Book a free discovery call – a chance to connect, ask questions, and see if eco-therapy is a good fit.

2. Choose a location – peaceful parks, rivers, or gardens in Adelaide.

3. Meet outdoors – 50-minute sessions where we walk, sit, or move at your pace.

Every session is tailored to your comfort and accessibility needs.

About Me

Hello, I’m Tristan, the therapist behind TAO Psychotherapy.

I bring together my training in social work, psychotherapy, and somatic approaches (like Hakomi) with my deep respect for the natural world. My work is guided by values of authenticity, compassion, and ethical care (Right Use of Power).

Alongside my clinical training, I bring years of experience in outdoor education in Australia and Canada, and hold a Day Walk Leader qualification. Time spent leading groups in natural settings has shown me how deeply nature supports reflection, resilience, and emotional healing. These experiences now inform my therapeutic approach, where I integrate nature-based practices and an awareness of eco-grief with evidence-based psychotherapy.

Eco-therapy is not about “fixing” you — it’s about creating a safe and supportive space in which you can listen more deeply to yourself and your surroundings.

Eco-Grief & Resilience

Many people today feel grief, fear, or despair about climate change, species loss, and ecological uncertainty. These feelings are real and valid.

Eco-therapy offers a way to sit with these emotions in a supportive, embodied way. By grounding in nature, you can begin to:

• Honour grief without being overwhelmed by it

• Restore balance and inner calm

• Reconnect with meaning, community, and belonging

• Transform despair into compassionate awareness and action

Why Choose Eco-Therapy?

• Reduce stress and anxiety through mindful nature connection

• Build resilience and grounding with gentle, embodied practices

• Experience a unique, client-led approach not widely available in Adelaide

• Supported by research showing nature’s positive impact on wellbeing

• A supportive space to process eco-anxiety and eco-grief

• Transform feelings of despair into grounded action and connection

Practical Details

• Location: Various parks and natural spaces in/around Adelaide (discussed before booking).

• Format: Walking, seated, or a mix — whatever feels right.

• Length & Fee: 50 minutes, standard counselling rates.

• Availability: Flexible weekday options.

Frequently Asked Questions

What if it rains?
We can reschedule, meet in a sheltered location, or switch to an online session.

Do I need to be physically fit?
Not at all. Sessions are always adapted to your comfort — from gentle seated reflection to light walking.

Is eco-therapy covered by Medicare or insurance?
Currently, eco-therapy sessions are private-pay only.