Nature-Based Therapy & Groups
Therapy that meets you where the natural world already is.
Walking therapy. Wild Church. Outdoor grief circles. Climate Cafes. State-park gatherings. Therapy that does not stay indoors.
People come to Ithaca because something in them already trusts the land. The gorges. The lake. The light through the hemlocks at the start of winter. These places do work that an office cannot do.
Nature-based therapy is not a gimmick. It is a deliberate choice to let the more-than-human world participate in your healing. Grief that has been stuck for years often moves the first time you let yourself say it out loud on a trail. Anxiety quiets in the presence of moving water. Existential questions feel less frightening under a sky that is older than every answer.
Walking side by side, rather than face to face across a room, changes what can be said.
What I offer outdoors
Six ways into the same work.
Walking Therapy
Individual sessions on the gorge trails and state-park paths around Ithaca. Walking side by side, rather than face to face across a room, changes what can be said.
Wild Church
An outdoor gathering for people who find more honesty in trees and water than in pews. Open to all faiths and to those with none.
Outdoor Grief Circles
Small circles in the natural world for people carrying loss. The land holds what rooms cannot.
Climate Cafes
Facilitated gatherings to share fears, grief, and hopes about the state of the world. Honest. Unflinching. Not alone.
Eco-Spirituality & Meditation
A meeting place for people whose spiritual life is bound up with the natural world. Quiet practice, conversation, and time outdoors.
State-Park Gatherings
Seasonal day-long retreats at Buttermilk, Taughannock, Robert H. Treman, and the Cayuga Lake shoreline.
Where we meet
Gorge trails and state parks around Ithaca, NY
Routes are chosen for accessibility and quiet. Indoor sessions remain available year-round if the weather or your body asks for one.
Group cadence
Seasonal cohorts; small circles
Most outdoor groups run on a seasonal schedule. See the groups page to join the interest list for the next cohort.
Free 15-Minute Consultation
Walk with me, sit with me, or do both. The work shapes itself around you.
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