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Most traditional counseling practices focus heavily on talking therapy—analyzing thoughts and managing symptoms from the neck up. While processing ideas is valuable, it often leaves people feeling stuck in their heads, trying to think their way out of problems.

My practice is built differently by integrating two distinct frameworks that engage the whole person:

• Somatic Psychotherapy (The Inner Environment): We don’t just talk about your challenges; we map how they physically live in your body. Using gentle, somatic mindfulness, we track real-time physiological responses, nervous system activation, and physical boundaries. This allows us to uncover and shift deep-seated emotional blueprints where they are actually stored—in the nervous system.

• Eco-Psychotherapy (The Outer Environment): We explicitly challenge the idea that healing must happen in a sterile, windowless clinic room. By taking sessions outdoors into local public ecosystems, we invite movement and use nature as an active partner in your therapy. This grounds your nervous system, provides physical containment, and helps you locate your personal experience within a broader, living context.

Ultimately, I work as a grounded experiential partner. I combine these somatic and nature-based approaches with an acute awareness of real-world structural realities—providing a space that respects both your inner complexity and your material constraints, without resorting to forced optimism or generic fixes.

You can reach us anytime via our contact page or email. We aim to respond quickly—usually within one business day.

Individual Session (50 minutes) | $140.00

Extended Individual Session (8- Minutes) | $190.00

Couples / Relationship Session (80 Minutes) | $275.00

Extended Couples / Relationship Session (110 Minutes) | $375.00

Please note that I have a quote of reduced rate sessions that may be available if you are in financial need. please contact me directly to discuss these arrangements.

All prices in AUD.

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.

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

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

Yes, you will be safe.

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.

Additionally, I practice to the Australian Association of Bush Adventure Therapy (AABAT) Ethical Principles and Outdoor Council of Australian Adventure Activity Standards, where possible.

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

• 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

• 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.

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.