Nature-based Therapeutic Skills Training

Name: Nature-based Therapeutic Skills Training
Start: 2025-04-26T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-04-27T15:00:00+01:00
Location: 2060 Pollokshaws Road,Bellahouston,G43 1AT,GB

Schedule

Sat, 26 Apr, 2025 at 10:00 am to Sun, 27 Apr, 2025 at 03:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

2060 Pollokshaws Road,Bellahouston,G43 1AT,GB | Glasgow, SC

On this course you will strengthen your bond with nature as co-therapist, and learn skills to deepen your practice outdoors.
This is a hands-on experiential course, delivered online and in person. This training will develop your skills to support the holistic development of the client groups and individuals you work with outside.
Saturday 26th April 2025, 10am - 3pm, in person @ The Yoga Barn, Glasgow
Sunday 27st April 2025, 10am - 3pm, @ The Yoga Barn, Glasgow
Monday 12th May 2025 6pm - 8pm, online
What’s in the course?
- What nature-based practice means and what to consider for your locations
- Exploration of nature as co-therapist
- Meaning of attachment to place in nature based settings
- Understanding the core principles of nature based Play Therapy
- Effective communication with children and participants with social and emotional needs
- Relevance of child centred and child led play in outdoor settings
- Setting appropriate boundaries for the setting and for the model
- Managing containment
- Managing confidentiality
This is delivered as a two day, in-person course with one online session, to a total of 11 hours teaching time, and expected 4 hours of self study.
Your ticket includes in person training at 10am - 3pm on Saturday 26th April and 10am - 3 pm on Sunday 27st April, plus online zoom seminar 6pm - 8pm on 12th May.
Who’s it for?
-Qualified or student Play Therapists
-Counsellors
-Art, drama and movement therapists
-Psychotherapists
-Speech and language therapists
-Outdoor educators and teachers
-Forest School Leaders
-Or those with an equivalent training
Our training will take place in the beautiful surroundings of Pollok Country Park in the Southside of Glasgow. The indoor venue is a warm, light spacious room, and you can see more of it here yogabarnglasgow.co.uk/location .
Parts of the days trainings will be taking place in the woodlands nearby, so please come dressed for all weathers with comfy sturdy boots and be prepared to get a little muddy.
Your ticket also includes warm buffet lunch on the Saturday and cold lunch to finish on the Sunday. Please advise us of any dietary requirements on booking.
Your tutor : Shuna Mercer
Shuna is a BAPT registered nature based Play Therapist and a clinical supervisor has been running her own private practice for 18 years. She has recently studied Children in Permaculture and is a Forest School Leader. She took her practice out into nature 9 years ago and this has deepened her work with the children and young people she works with.
Your tutor : Sophie Kyle
Sophie is an independent forest school leader and a tutor on Scotland’s Forest and Outdoor Learning Awards. She runs her own forest school programmes in Glasgow green spaces for mainstream and ASL groups and works with schools to support their outdoor learning programmes and trains teachers with skills to take their groups outside with confidence. She is the chair of the Glasgow Region OWL group and a personal development and business coach for artists and holistic therapists.